Reg Burgess

Reg Burgess
Personal information
Date of birth	(1934-08-06) 6 August 1934
Original team(s)	Apsley
Height/Weight	175 cm, 72 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1954–1960	Essendon	124 (9)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1960 season.
Career highlights
Best and fairest 1957, 1960

Reg Burgess (born 6 August 1934) is a former Australian rules footballer who played 124 Victorian Football League (VFL) games for the Essendon Bombers.

Burgess was a centreman and debuted for Essendon in 1954. He was one of Essendon's best players in the 1950s and won the club's best and fairest in 1957 and 1960. He represented Victoria in 1957-58 and 1960. Burgess left Essendon in 1960 at the age of 26 to captain-coach Casterton.

External links

Reg Burgess's statistics from AFL Tables
Reg Burgess's profile from AustralianFootball.com

Essendon Football Club · Team of the Century 1896–1997

Full-back	Gavin Wanganeen Fred Baring Tom Fitzmaurice

Half-back	Barry Davis Wally Buttsworth Harold Lambert

Centre	Reg Burgess Jack Clarke Michael Long

Half-forward	James Hird Ken Fraser Terry Daniher

Full-forward	Bill Hutchison John Coleman Albert Thurgood

Ruck	Simon Madden Tim Watson Dick Reynolds (c)

Interchange	Mark Thompson Keith Forbes Frank Maher Billy Griffith

Coach	Kevin Sheedy

W. S. Crichton Medal · Essendon Football Club Best and Fairest winners

1901: Thurgood
1903: Gavin
1906: J. McKenzie
1908: Busbridge
1909: Busbridge
1911: Cameron
1912: Cameron
1913: Baring
1920: Garden
1922: Fitzmaurice
1923: Fitzmaurice
1924: Fitzmaurice
1925: Stockdale
1926: Harrison
1927: Maher
1928: Beckton
1929: Okey
1930: Forbes
1931: T. Clarke
1932: Carman
1933: Walsh
1934: Reynolds
1935: Forbes
1936: Reynolds
1937: Reynolds
1938: Reynolds
1939: Reynolds
1940: Torney
1941: Buttsworth
1942: Reynolds
1943: Reynolds
1944: Bushby
1945: Buttsworth
1946: Buttsworth
1947: Hutchison
1948: Hutchison
1949: Coleman
1950: Hutchison
1951: McDonald
1952: Hutchison
1953: Hutchison
1954: Gill
1955: Hutchison
1956: Hutchison
1957: Burgess
1958: J. Clarke
1959: Mitchell
1960: Burgess
1961: Birt
1962: J. Clarke
1963: Fraser
1964: Fraser
1965: Birt
1966: D. McKenzie
1967: Birt
1968: Davis
1969: Davis
1970: Gerlach
1971: Davis
1972: Fields
1973: Wilson
1974: Moss
1975: Moss
1976: Moss
1977: Madden
1978: K. Fletcher
1979: Madden
1980: T. Watson
1981: N. Daniher
1982: T. Daniher
1983: Madden
1984: Madden
1985: T. Watson
1986: Hawker
1987: Thompson
1988: T. Watson
1989: T. Watson
1990: Thompson
1991: Ezard
1992: Harvey
1993: O'Donnell
1994: Hird
1995: Hird
1996: Hird
1997: Denham
1998: Hardwick
1999: Mercuri
2000: D. Fletcher
2001: J. Johnson
2002: M. Johnson
2003: Hird/Lucas
2004: McPhee
2005: J. Johnson
2006: Lucas
2007: Hird
2008: Hille
2009: J. Watson
2010: J. Watson
2011: Zaharakis
2012: J. Watson
2013: Goddard
2014: Heppell
2015: Hooker

1958 All-Australian team

South Australia John Abley (Port Adelaide)

Tasmania Don Gale (Wynyard) Jim Ross (North Launceston) Stuart Spencer (Clarence)

Victoria (VFA) Barry Metcalfe (Mordialloc)

Victoria Owen Abrahams (Fitzroy) Allen Aylett (North Melbourne) Ron Barassi (Melbourne) Reg Burgess (Essendon) Jack Clarke (Essendon) Bob Davis (Geelong) (Captain) John Dugdale (North Melbourne) Kevin Murray (Fitzroy) Neil Roberts (St Kilda) Ted Whitten (Footscray)

Western Australia Jack Clarke (East Fremantle) Graham Farmer (East Perth) Alan Preen (East Fremantle) Norm Rogers (East Fremantle) Ray Sorrell (East Fremantle)

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