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 (aged 80)
Place of death	Hobart, Tasmania
Original team(s)	Sandhurst
Height / weight	173cm / 74.5kg
Playing career^1
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.

• Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996