{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Des Meadowcroft | image = | fullname = Desmond Meadowcroft | birth_date = {{birth date|1880|03|31|df=y}} | birth_place = South Melbourne, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1959|9|22|1880|03|31|df=y}} | death_place = North Sydney, New South Wales | originalteam = Richmond Star | height = | weight = | position = | statsend = 1898 | years1 = 1898 | club1 = {{AFL Car}} | games_goals1 = 2 (0) | careerhighlights = }} '''Des Meadowcroft''' (31 March 1880 – 22 September 1959) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=567}}</ref>
== Notes == {{reflist}} == External links == *{{AFL Tables|ref=D/Des_Meadowcroft.html}} *{{AustralianFootball|ref=Des%2BMeadowcroft/1139}} *[http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Des+Meadowcroft Des Meadowcroft's profile] at Blueseum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meadowcroft, Des}} Category:1880 births Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:Carlton Football Club players Category:1959 deaths Category:19th-century Australian sportsmen
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