Bruce Phillips (footballer)

Bruce Osborne Phillips (2 May 1929 – 18 October 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League.

Bruce Phillips
Personal information
Full name Bruce Osborne Phillips[1]
Date of birth (1929-05-02)2 May 1929
Date of death 18 October 2014(2014-10-18) (aged 85)
Original team(s) Camden
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1947–1955 St Kilda 115 (42)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1955.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

A fullback, Phillips won St Kilda's best and fairest award in 1950[2] and finished equal third in the Brownlow Medal count that year.

Phillips, who was a VFL representative in interstate football, played 115 games for St Kilda before a knee injury ended his career.[3]

In 2008 Phillips was inducted into St Kilda's Hall of Fame.[4] He died aged 85 in 2014.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Bruce Osborne Phillips". Herald Sun.
  2. ^ "Phillips wins club award". The Argus. Melbourne. 13 September 1950. p. 13. Retrieved 19 April 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "BRUCE PHILLIPS MAY BE LOST TO FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne. 18 April 1956. p. 26. Retrieved 19 April 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ Blake, Martin (6 June 2008). "Jeans is officially a St Kilda legend".
  5. ^ Morris, Tom. "Vale Bruce Phillips". saints.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
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