George Bruce (footballer)

George Bruce
Personal information
Date of birth	5 August 1879
Date of death	6 June 1928(1928-06-06) (aged 48)
Original team(s)	West Adelaide (SAFL)
Debut	Round 5, 1903, Carlton v. South Melbourne, at Lake Oval
Height/Weight	174 cm / 74 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1903-1913	Carlton	181 (30)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913 season.

George Bruce (5 August 1879 – 6 June 1928) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1900s.

Bruce was a wingman and arrived at Carlton from South Australian Football League club West Adelaide. He was a member of three successive premiership sides from 1906 to 1908, the last of which came in a year when he represented Victoria at the inaugural Interstate Carnival.

Bruce's brothers Jim and Percy also played for West Adelaide.^[1]

References

↑ Atkinson, p. 138.

Sources

Atkinson, G. (1982) Everything you ever wanted to know about Australian rules football but couldn't be bothered asking, The Five Mile Press: Melbourne. ISBN 0 86788 009 0.
George Bruce's statistics from AFL Tables

External links

Blueseum profile

Carlton Football Club 1906/07/08 VFL premiers

1906: Carlton 15.4 (94) defeated Fitzroy 6.9 (45), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1907: Carlton 6.14 (50) defeated South Melbourne 6.9 (45), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1908: Carlton 5.5 (35) defeated Essendon 3.8 (26), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Beck Bruce Clark Flynn (c 1906/07) Hammond Jinks Johnson Kennedy Lang Payne Topping

Coach: Worrall

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