Bert Lucas

Bert Lucas
Personal information
Full name	Albert William Lucas^[1]
Date of birth	3 April 1922
Place of birth	Collingwood, Victoria
Original team	Sandringham
Height/Weight	185 cm / 91 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1944 1946-1950 Total -	Carlton South Melbourne	7 (5) 69 (31) 76 (36)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 1950 season .

Albert William "Bert" Lucas (3 April 1922 - 21 February 1988) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Lucas had his early career interrupted by the war but managed seven appearances for Carlton in the 1944 VFL season.^[2] A ruckman, he played five seasons at South Melbourne and was joined at the club by his brother George in 1947. He took over from Jack Graham as South Melbourne captain in 1949 but held the position for just one year.^[3]

He left South Melbourne in 1951 to become captain-coach of Tasmanian club Sandy Bay.^[4] In 1954 he returned to Victoria, as playing coach of Nathalia.^[5]

References

^ "WW2 Nominal Roll". Government of Australia. http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=R&VeteranID=1037011.
^ AFL Tables: Bert Lucas
^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
^ The Mercury,"Lucas Appointed As Sandy Bay Coach", 9 February 1951, p. 9
^ The Argus,"Lucas Will Coach Nathalia", 11 February 1954, p. 17

Captains of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans

1897–1898: Fraser • 1899: Adamson • 1900: Windley • 1901: Trim • 1902: Windley • 1903: Fogarty • 1904–1905: McGee • 1906: Howson • 1907–1908: Dolphin • 1909: Ricketts • 1910–1911: Thomas • 1912: Ricketts • 1913: H. Kelly • 1914–1915; 1917:* Belcher • 1918–1919: Caldwell • 1920: Belcher • 1921: Willis • 1922: Tandy • 1923–1925: P. Scanlan • 1926–1927: Pannam • 1928: J. Scanlan • 1929: Stanbridge • 1930–1931: J. Scanlan • 1932: Leonard • 1933–1936: Bisset • 1937: Nash • 1938–1945: Matthews • 1946–1948: Graham • 1949: Lucas • 1950–1952: Lane • 1953–1954: Clegg • 1955: Gunn • 1956: Gillett • 1957–1960: Clegg • 1961–1971: Skilton • 1972: Rantall • 1973–1976: Bedford • 1977–1979: Quade • 1980–1983: Round • 1984: Round/Browning • 1985: Browning • 1986–1992: Carroll • 1993–2002: P. Kelly • 2003–2005: Maxfield • 2006–2007: Hall/Kirk/Barry • 2008: Hall/Barry/Bolton • 2009–2010: Bolton/Goodes/Kirk • 2011: Goodes/McVeigh

*South Melbourne did not participate in the VFL in 1916 due to World War I

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Name	Lucas, Bert
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Date of birth	3 April 1922
Place of birth	Collingwood, Victoria
Date of death	21 February 1988
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