{{short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Wes Lofts | image = | fullname = Wesley Victor Lofts | birth_date = {{birth date|1942|11|15|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|5|22|1942|11|15|df=y}} | death_place = | originalteam = West Coburg | debutdate = Round 6, 1960 | debutteam = Carlton | debutopponent = Geelong | debutstadium = Kardinia Park | height = 188 cm | weight = 89 kg | position = | statsend = 1970 | years1 = 1960–1970 | club1 = Carlton | games_goals1 = 167 (65) | careerhighlights = }}
'''Wesley Victor Lofts''' (15 November 1942 – 22 May 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s.
A key defender, Lofts represented the Victorian interstate team in both 1963 and 1967. He was a premiership player with Carlton in 1968 and missed out on a second premiership in 1970 when he was dropped for the finals series.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110460334 |title=Carlton drops two for final. |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=11 September 1970 |accessdate=7 July 2015 |page=22 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Following his retirement, he remained involved with Carlton in an administrative capacity, and in 1998 was inducted into the Carlton Hall of Fame.
Wes Lofts died on 22 May 2014 after a long battle with emphysema, aged 71.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/carlton-powerbroker-wes-lofts-passes-away-20140523-zrlri.html|title=Carlton powerbroker Wes Lofts passes away|date=23 May 2014|first=Jake |last=Niall}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212568500/wesley-victor-lofts |title=Wesley Victor Lofts |publisher=Find a Grave}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{AFL Tables | W/Wes_Lofts }} *[http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Wes+Lofts Blueseum profile]
{{1968 Carlton premiership players}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lofts, Wes}} Category:1942 births Category:2014 deaths Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:Carlton Football Club players Category:Carlton Football Club premiership players Category:VFL/AFL premiership players Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen