Bernie Jones

Bernie Jones
Personal information
Date of birth3 May 1953
Original teamDe La Salle
Height/Weight197 cm / 92 kg
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1973-1977
1978
1979-1980
Total
Hawthorn
Essendon
Hawthorn
65 (31)
13 (11)
8 (1)
86 (43)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1980 season.

Bernie Jones (born 3 May 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn and Essendon in the VFL during the 1970s.

A ruckman, Jones played in two Grand Finals in his first stint with Hawthorn, the first in 1975 which they lost and the other the following season which they won. In 1978 he crossed to Essendon for the season before returning to Hawthorn where he played until his retirement in 1980.

Jones has a son, Dylan, who plays for the Sandringham Football Club.

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