Bernie Jones Explained

Bernie Jones
Fullname:Bernard Matthew Jones
Birth Date:3 May 1953
Death Date:[1]
Originalteam:De La Salle
Height:197 cm
Weight:92 kg
Statsend:1980
Years1:1973–1977
Club1:Hawthorn
Games Goals1:65 (31)
Years2:1978
Club2:Essendon
Games Goals2:13 (11)
Years3:1979–1980
Club3:Hawthorn
Games Goals3:8 (1)
Games Goalstotal:86 (43)

Bernie Jones (3 May 1953 – 20 June 2022) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn and Essendon in the VFL during the 1970s.[2]

A ruckman, Jones played in two Grand Finals in his first stint with Hawthorn, the first in 1975 which they lost and the other the following season which they won. In 1978 he crossed to Essendon for the season before returning to Hawthorn where he played until his retirement in 1980.

Jones's son, Dylan, played for the Sandringham Football Club in the Victorian Football League in 2010.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bernard Matthew Jones . Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.
  2. Web site: Browne . Ashley . Rest In Peace, Bernie Jones . hawksinsiders.substack.com . en.