Originally from Ainslie Football Club in the Australian Capital Territory Football League (ACTFL), Bristow played for Latrobe Valley Football League (LVFL) club Sale before Footscray recruited him for the 1979 VFL season. Bristow made his senior VFL debut in Round One, against Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).[2] Bristow played ten games in 1979, the last of which in Round 14, and left Footscray at the end of the season.
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^Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 95. ISBN978-1-921496-32-5.