Bert O'Dee

Bert O'Dee
Personal information
Full name Albert Hector James O'Dee
Date of birth (1896-07-17)17 July 1896
Place of birth Fitzroy, Victoria
Date of death 5 June 1982(1982-06-05) (aged 85)
Place of death Macleod, Victoria
Original team(s) Police[1]
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1915–1921 Fitzroy 31 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1921.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Albert Hector James O'Dee (17 July 1896 – 5 June 1982) was an Australian rules football player at the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Football

He became a premiership player at Fitzroy, playing in the 1916 VFL Grand Final, under the captaincy of Wally Johnson, with George Holden as coach. O'Dee made his debut for Fitzroy against Richmond in Round 15 of the 1915 VFL season, at the Brunswick Street Oval.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (200).
  2. ^ 'Lynx', "Footballers' Pastime: History of Handball", The Herald, (Saturday, 20 March 1920), p.2.
  3. ^ "N to R". Brisbane Lions. Retrieved 20 September 2012.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.


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