Claude Frederick Curtin (4 July 1920 â 13 December 1994) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the VFL.
A full-forward, Curtin was recruited from Fitzroy Catholic Young Men's Society (CYMS) Football Club and made his senior VFL debut in 1939. He kicked over fifty goals in a season on four separate occasions, from 1940 to 1942 and in 1946, topping Fitzroy's goalkicking each time. He would have been a member of the club's 1944 premiership side had he not be away on war service.
Curtin's uncle was former Australian Prime Minister John Curtin, while his grandson is former Fitzroy, and player John Barker.