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Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Brian Pert
Personal information
Full name Brian Thomas Pert
Date of birth (1936-01-28) 28 January 1936 (age 88)
Original team(s) Preston Scouts
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1954–1965 Fitzroy 125 (18)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Brian Thomas Pert (born 28 January 1936) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the VFL.

Family

The son of Thomas Arthur Pert (1905-1961), and Grace Dorothy Pert (1905-1994), nÊe Condick, Brian Thomas Pert was born on 28 January 1936.

He married Valerie Thelma Ballantyne (1938-) in 1960.

His son Gary was a best and fairest winner with Fitzroy.

Football

Cleared from Preston Scouts to Fitzroy in April 1953, Pert usually played at half-back or as a wingman. He missed many games due to injury and despite spending 12 seasons with Fitzroy he managed to play only 125 games.

Saturday, 6 July 1963

On 6 July 1963, playing on the half-back flank, he was a member of the young and inexperienced Fitzroy team that comprehensively and unexpectedly defeated Geelong, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the 1963 Miracle Match. Pert was declared the "best on ground" for his outstanding performance in the match.

See also

Notes

  1. Births: Ballantyne, The Age, (Saturday, 6 August 1938), p.5.
  2. Buggy, Hugh, "Clearance Delay Hits Blues", The Argus, (Saturday, 18 April 1953), p.13.
  3. Ready for Big Day, The Herald, (Thursday, 15 April 1954), p.11.
  4. Lawrence, John, "Cats had no Answer to Fitzroy's Game", The Age, (Monday, 8 July 1963), p.19.

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