Bruce Lake

Bruce Lake
Personal information
Full name Bruce G. Lake
Date of birth 9 June 1948
Original team Metung
Height/Weight 189 cm / 80 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1968–1970
1971
Total -
Essendon
Footscray
30 (36)
2 (0)
32 (36)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1971 season .

Bruce Lake (born 9 June 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Lake, who came from Metung, made his league debut in the fifth round of the 1968 VFL season.[2] Four rounds later he would be joined in the side by his younger brother Eddie.[2]

Although primarily a forward, Lake was also used as a ruckman and was Essendon's 19th man in the 1968 VFL Grand Final.[2]

He switched to Footscray in 1971 but played just two games and finished the season at Waverley in the Victorian Football Association.[3]

References

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785. 
  2. ^ a b c AFL Tables: Bruce Lake
  3. ^ "Bruce Lake biography". Essendon Football Club official website. http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/player-past.asp?id=518.