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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. He added another eight games the following year but appeared just three times in 1951, his final season.

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


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