{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Laurie Kerr | image = | fullname = Lawrence Kitchin Kerr | birth_date = 25 June 1928 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2001|12|28|1928|6|25|df=yes}} | death_place = Richmond, Victoria | originalteam = Auburn | height = 178 cm | weight = 80 kg | position = | statsend = 1959 | years1 = 1950–1959 | club1 = Carlton | games_goals1 = 149 (48) | careerhighlights = *VFL interstate football representative *1999 - Carlton Hall of Famer<ref>{{cite web |title=1999 - Calrton FC - Hall of Fame |url=https://www.carltonfc.com.au/club/history/hall-of-fame |website=Carlton FC |access-date=5 January 2026 |date=1999}}</ref> *1948 - Bairnsdale, Bendigo<ref>{{cite web |title=1948 - 19-Yr-Old Journalist Wins Gift At Bendigo |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22546543 |publisher=The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) |access-date=4 January 2026 |page=12 |date=1 April 1948}}</ref> & Heidelburg Gifts<ref>{{cite web |title=1950 - Kerr’s Four Gifts In Two Years |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/178601255 |publisher=Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954) |access-date=4 January 2026 |page=16 |date=15 February 1948}}</ref> *1949 - Keilor Gift<ref>{{cite web |title=1950 - Kerr wins the Keilor Gift inside even time |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22810337 |publisher=The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) |access-date=4 January 2026 |page=16 |date=13 February 1950}}</ref> }}
'''Lawrence Kitchin Kerr''' (25 June 1928 – 28 December 2001)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Laurie%2BKerr/7894 |title=Laurie Kerr - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=8 December 2014}}</ref> was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the VFL during the 1950s.<ref>{{cite web |title=1950 - Switches by North Kerr chosen by Carlton |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/280002881 |publisher=The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956) |access-date=4 January 2026 |page=32 |date=14 July 1950}}</ref> He was named as an emergency in Carlton's official 'Team of the Century'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Laurie+Kerr|title=Laurie Kerr|publisher=Blueseum - Online Carlton Football Club Museum|accessdate=7 September 2014}}</ref>
Kerr was educated at St Kevin's College in Toorak.
Kerr had exceptional pace and played in either as a winger, centreman or half-forward flanker.
Prior to his recruitment by the Blues he was a Victorian schoolboy sprint champion and also won a number of gift sprint races in the late 1940's and early 1950's. Kerr was favourite to win the 1948 Stawell Gift after he won his heat<ref>{{cite web |title=1948 - FAVOURITES FOR STAWELL GIFT |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/98325576 |publisher=Sunday Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1926 - 1954) |access-date=5 January 2026 |page=9 |date=28 March 1948}}</ref> but was unable to make the final.<ref>{{cite web |title=1948 - BRUDENALL WINS STAWELL GIFT |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52631559 |publisher=Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954) |access-date=5 January 2026 |page=4 |date=30 March 1948}}</ref>
Kerr won both the 1948 Bendigo 100 yard handicap<ref>{{cite web |title=1948 - Kerr wins big Bendigo sprint |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/279334590 |publisher=The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956) |access-date=19 January 2026 |page=16 |date=31 March 1948}}</ref> and the 130 yard Bendigo Gift.<ref>{{cite web |title=1948 - 19-Yr-Old Journalist Wins Gift At Bendigo |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22546543 |publisher=The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) |access-date=19 January 2026 |page=12 |date=1 April 1948}}</ref>
Kerr was runner up to Olympic gold medallist, H N "Barney" Ewell in the 1950 Wangaratta Gift, over 130 yards.<ref>{{cite web |title=1950 - “GIFT GATE £1607" |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/267793486 |publisher=Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW : 1934 - 1935; 1938 - 1954) |access-date=1 January 2026 |page=1 |date=31 January 1950}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1950 - EWELL'S FAST GIFT SPRINT |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/273405593 |publisher=Daily Mirror (Sydney, NSW : 1941 - 1955) |access-date=1 January 2026 |page=30 |date=31 January 1950}}</ref>
His son Peter Kerr played 39 games for Carlton.
His grandson, Pat Kerr, played four senior games for Carlton in the 2010s.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{AFL Tables | L/Laurie_Kerr }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kerr, Laurie}} Category:1928 births Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:Carlton Football Club players Category:People educated at St Kevin's College, Melbourne Category:2001 deaths Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen