[1] Lawrence was a North Melbourne player from Colts level and broke into the seniors for the first time in 1948.
[3] In the 1950 VFL Grand Final, which North Melbourne lost to Essendon, Lawrence played as the 19th man.
[1] He represented the VFL at interstate football in 1952 and was captain of North Melbourne in 1955, his final season.
[1] In 1956 he was cleared to Tongala, a club in the Goulburn Valley Football League,[4] and he later played for and coached Yallourn.
Following his death in 1986, the following tribute appeared in the Latrobe Valley Express newspaper: Football never fails to produce lively debate on the merits of individual players; however I doubt whether our club had ever seen a better high mark than Vic.