Bert Armstrong | |
Fullname: | Albert Clarence Armstrong |
Birth Date: | 26 February 1890 |
Birth Place: | Sandhurst, Victoria |
Death Place: | Melbourne, Victoria |
Originalteam: | North Melbourne (VFA) |
Height: | 175 cm |
Weight: | 72 kg |
Statsend: | 1914 |
Years1: | 1910–1914 |
Club1: | Essendon |
Games Goals1: | 42 (55) |
Albert Clarence "Bert" Armstrong (26 February 1890 – 15 August 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Armstrong, a full-forward, was recruited from North Melbourne, then playing in the Victorian Football Association.[1] He was Essendon's leading goal-kicker in 1910, his first season, with 30 goals.[2] In 1911 he kicked 25 goals, which were enough to finish equal second in the goal-kicking, behind his elder brother Lou Armstrong.[3] He twice kicked six goals in a game for Essendon, against Melbourne in 1910 at the MCG and Collingwood the following year at East Melbourne.[3] Injury kept him out of both Essendon's 1911 and 1912 premiership teams and sciatica problems meant he didn't play at all in 1913.[4] Armstrong crossed to Essendon Association during the 1914 season.[4] He also played for Brighton during his career.[4]