Bruce Reid Sr.

Bruce Reid Sr.
Personal information
Full name Bruce Reid
Date of birth (1929-04-27)27 April 1929
Place of birth Bendigo, Victoria
Date of death 24 August 1955(1955-08-24) (aged 26)
Place of death Parkville, Victoria
Original team(s) Romsey
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1949–1951 Footscray 28 (15)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1951.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bruce Reid Sr. (27 April 1929 – 24 August 1955) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Reid, a Romsey recruit, played 17 of a possible 19 games in the 1949 VFL season.[1] He added another eight games the following year but appeared just three times in 1951, his final season.[1]

He was the father of Bruce Reid Jr. and John Reid, who both would also play for Footscray.[2] He died in August 1955, 4 months before Bruce junior was born.

References

  1. ^ a b AFL Tables: Bruce Reid
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.