Bruce Reid, Sr.

Bruce Reid
Personal information
Full name Bruce Reid, Sr.
Date of birth (1929-04-27)27 April 1929
Date of death 24 August 1955(1955-08-24) (aged 26)
Original team(s) Romsey
Height / weight 175 cm / 77 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1949–1951 Footscray 28 (15)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1951.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bruce Reid (27 April 1929 – 24 August 1955) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Reid, a Romsey recruit, played 17 of a possible 19 games in the 1949 VFL season.[1] He added another eight games the following year but appeared just three times in 1951, his final season.[1]

He was the father of Bruce Reid junior and John Reid, who both would also play for Footscray.[2] He died in August 1955, 4 months before Bruce junior was born.

References

  1. 1 2 AFL Tables: Bruce Reid
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
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