Bernie Harris

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Bernie Harris
Personal information
Full name	Bernard Harris
Date of birth	(1962-08-25) 25 August 1962
Original team	Mortlake
Height/Weight	175 cm / 70 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1984-1986 1987-1990 1990 Total -	Fitzroy Brisbane Bears St Kilda	46 (60) 56 (58) 5 (0) 107 (118)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1990 season.

Bernard 'Bernie' Harris (born 25 August 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy, the Brisbane Bears and St Kilda in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).

Harris joined his elder brother Leon at Fitzroy in 1984, having previously played in Mortlake. A rover, he kicked more than 20 goals in a season on four occasions during his league career. He received three Brownlow Medal votes for his four goals and 26 disposals in a win over Sydney at the SCG in 1985 and participated in the 1986 finals series with Fitzroy.^[1]

In 1987 he was signed by Brisbane for their inaugural VFL season^[2] and had the distinction of kicking the club's first ever goal. Harris kicked six goals in a game against St Kilda that year. He left Brisbane halfway through the 1990 season and saw out the year at St Kilda after they picked him up in the Mid-Season Draft.^[3]

References

↑ "Bernie Harris". AFL Tables.
↑ The Age, "Short training run a giant step for Shaw", 24 March 1987, p. 55
↑ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.

v t e Inaugural Brisbane Bears VFL team

Full-back	Peter Banfield Mark Roberts Dale Dickson

Half-back	Cameron O'Brien Steve Reynoldson Matthew Campbell

Centre	David O'Keeffe Geoff Raines Phillip Walsh

Half-forward	Brenton Phillips Michael McCarthy John Fidge

Full-forward	Neil Hein Jim Edmond Mike Richardson

Ruck	Mark Mickan (c) Mark Williams Bernie Harris

Interchange	Brad Hardie Chris Waterson

Coach	Peter Knights

Brisbane Bears defeated North Melbourne 19.23 (137) to 15.14 (104), Round 1, 1987, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Persondata
Name	Harris, Bernie
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	25 August 1962
Place of birth
Date of death
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