Bert Edwards (footballer)

Bert Edwards
Personal information
Full name Edward Albert Edwards
Date of birth 22 December 1914
Place of birth Bendigo, Victoria[1]
Date of death 2 July 1995(1995-07-02) (aged 80)
Place of death Hobart, Tasmania
Original team(s) Sandhurst
Height / weight 173cm / 74.5kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1938–1945 Richmond 122 (22)[2]
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
Career highlights
  • Richmond Premiership Player 1943
  • Interstate games:- 1
  • Tasmanian Representative Games:- 3

Edward Albert (Bert) Edwards (22 December 1914 – 2 July 1995) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1938 and 1945 for the Richmond Football Club.[3]

He then moved to Tasmania to play for the Longford (1946) and Clarence (1947–52) clubs. Edwards also represented Tasmania at the 1950 Brisbane Carnival.

References

  1. ↑ "World War Two Nominal Roll". Government of Australia. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "AFL Tables - Bert Edwards - Stats - Statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.


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