Laurence Angwin

Who is Laurence Angwin?

Laurence Angwin is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League. He is infamous for being sacked by his team, the Carlton Football Club after turning up to training having used recreational drugs.

The grandson of former Hawthorn Peter Crimmins Medallist Andy Angwin, Angwin was drafted by Adelaide Football Club at pick 7 in the first round of the 2000 AFL Draft. Angwin lasted only one season with Adelaide without playing a game at senior level. Battling injuries and emotional issues, he was delisted in 2001 and returned to Melbourne.

After playing for Box Hill Hawks in 2002, Angwin was drafted by Carlton at pick 17 in the 2003 Rookie draft and he made his AFL debut in Round 14, 2003. By the end of the 2003 AFL season Angwin was considered a future star at Carlton. However, continuing off-field problems, including charges being laid against him from stealing from team mate Karl Norman, meant he remained a controversial player.

Early in the 2004 season, after Carlton's Round 2 win against Geelong, it was claimed that Angwin and Norman arrived at a Carlton training session under the influence of ecstasy.