Full Name: BERT EDWARDS
Date of Birth: 22/12/1914
Height: 173 cm ( 5-8 )
Weight: 75 kg ( 11-11 )
Guernsey: 2
Debut: 21/05/1938, Round 5, Hawthorn,
Last Game: 28/07/1945, Round 15, Melbourne
RICHMOND SENIORS
Seasons: 1938-45
Total Games: 122
Total Goals: 23
Honours: Premiership 1943, Victorian Representative Team 1941 Games 1.
RICHMOND RESERVES
Seasons: 1938
Total Games: 2
Total Goals: 1
Honours:
BIOGRAPHY
Bert was a talented wingman and half-forward. Recruited from Sandhurst he had been coached by former Richmond player Bob McCASKILL. He was a very clever player who read the game very well and was a fine team man. He was second in the 1944 Best and Fairest award and vice-captain in 1945. He was a member of the 1943 Premiership side and the 1940, 1942 and 1944 Grand Final sides. He was vice captain in the 1944 Preliminary Final, and Grand Final, in the absence of Dick Harris.
He also represented Victoria once, in 1941. He later moved to Tasmania where he played with Clarence and Longford and also represented that state three times. Bert died in June, 1995.
PRE RICHMOND
Sandhurst Seconds 1935 ; Sandhurst Seniors 1936-37, Games 36, Goals 60 ( Honours - Premiership 1937, Leading Goalkicker 1937, Goals 49 ).
POST RICHMOND
Longford Captain/Coach 1946, Games 6, Goals 1 ; Clarence Captain/Coach 1947-50, Games 68, Goals 37 ( Honours - Best & Fairest 1948, League Representative Team Games 2, Tasmanian Representative Team Games 3 Goals 2 ) ; Kingston Captain/Coach 1951, Games 14 ; Campina Captain/Coach 1952, Games 14 ( Honours - Premiership 1952 ) ; Sorell Captain/Coach 1953-54, Games 32, Goals 108 ( Honours- Premiership 1, Best& Fairest 1954.
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