Bruce Scharp

Bruce Scharp
Personal information
Full name Bruce Wotherspoon Scharp
Date of birth (1905-05-24)24 May 1905
Place of birth Kew, Victoria
Date of death 11 April 1980(1980-04-11) (aged 74)
Place of death Sacramento County, California[1]
Original team(s) Kew (MAFA)
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1930–31 Carlton (VFL) 7 (1)
1933 Hawthorn (VFL) 1 (0)
1933 Fitzroy (VFL) 2 (0)
Total 10 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1933.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bruce Wotherspoon Scharp (24 May 1905 – 11 April 1980)[2] was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton, Fitzroy and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]

Family

The son of Louis Bernard Scharp (-1933),[4] and Kate Stewart Scharp, née Wotherspoon,[5] Scharp was born in Kew, Victoria on 24 May 1905.[6]

Scharp came from a family who were well known for their sporting prowess, with his father achieving great success as a bicycle rider including winning the Austral Wheel Race.

Scharp had an elder sister, Blanche Marshall, née Scharp, a younger brother Louis and younger sister Jean Eakins, née Scharp. Scharp also had elder twin half brothers Eric and Ivo Scharp from his father's first marriage to Blanche Scharp, née de la Fontaine.

Football

Carlton (VFL)

On 30 August 1930, Scharp made his debut for Carlton against the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He kicked one goal.

Hawthorn (VFL)

On 27 April 1933, Scharp was cleared from Carlton to the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[7]

Fitzroy (VFL)

On 14 June 1933, Scharp was cleared from Hawthorn to the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[8]

Sandringham (VFA)

On 27 April 1934, Scharp was cleared from Fitzroy to the Sandringham Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).[9]

Yarrawonga (OMFA)

On 17 April 1935, Scharp was cleared from Sandringham to the Yarrawonga Football Club in the Ovens & Murray Football Association (OMFA).[10]

Notes

  1. ^ "Bruce Wotherspoon Scharp". Find A Grave.
  2. ^ "Great Scot". Scotch College. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  3. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 743. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  4. ^ Deaths: Scharp, The Age, (Saturday, 20 May 1933), p.7.
  5. ^ Marriages: Scharp—Wotherspoon, The Argus, (Saturday, 9 October 1900), p.9.
  6. ^ Births: Scharp, The Argus, (Saturday, 3 June 1905), p.11.
  7. ^ Club Notes: Runners-Up Await South, The Age, (Friday, 28 April 1933), p.6.
  8. ^ League Permits, The Argus, (Thursday, 15 June 1933), p.13.
  9. ^ Association Permits, The Age, (Saturday, 28 April 1934), p.18.
  10. ^ Association Permits, The Age, (Thursday, 18 April 1935), p.15.


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