Bert Reitman Explained

Bert Reitman
Fullname:Albert Blagdon Reitman
Birth Date:9 October 1887
Birth Place:Collingwood, Victoria
Death Place:Williamstown, Victoria
Originalteam:Clifton Hill Churches
Height:180 cm
Weight:72 kg
Statsend:1914
Years1:1906–1907
Games Goals1:  12  (1)
Years2:1907–1914
Club2:Williamstown (VFA)
Games Goals2:120 (10)
Sooteam1:V.F.A.
Sooyears1:1911
Soogames Goals1:3

Albert Blagdon Reitman (9 October 1887 – 12 May 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), and for the Williamstown Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).[1]

Family

The son of Theodore "Fred" Reitman (1863-1934),[2] and Effie Amelia Reitman (1865-1927),[3] née Purling, Albert Blagdon Reitman was born in Collingwood, Victoria on 9 October 1887.

He married Gertrude Evelyn Marshall (1888-1970) in 1913.

Football

One of the finest men who have [donned] a football guernsey, to wit, Bert Reitman, of the Williamstown club, has signified his intention of retiring. Always a fair and manly player, Bert was an ornament to the game, admired by all the players of other teams, and his loss will be very noticeable. The Flemington Spectator, 11 March 1915.[4]

Collingwood (VFL)

He played his last senior match for Collingwood on 4 May 1907, against St Kilda.

Williamstown (VFA)

Cleared from Collingwood to the VFA team Williamstown,[5] he played his first match for Williamstown, against Brunswick, on 25 May 1907.

He was captain-coach of Williamstown in 1913 and its captain in 1914.

Recognition

He was made a life member of the Williamstown Football Club in 1915.[6]

Death

He died (suddenly) at his home in Williamstown on 12 May 1973.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.738.
  2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10938586 Deaths: Reitman, The Argus, (Monday, 21 May 1934), p.1.
  3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3847160 Deaths: Reitman, The Argus, (Monday, 4 April 1927), p.1.
  4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/88506459 Sporting Echoes, The Flemington Spectator, (Thursday, 11 March 1915), p.5.
  5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/69698694 With the Footballers, The Williamstown Chronicle, (Saturday, 25 May 1907), p.3.
  6. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/69980252 'Town Football Club, The Williamstown Chronicle, (Saturday, 6 March 1915), p.2.
  7. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D2MQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0pADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4531%2C3699866 Deaths: Reitman, The Age, (Monday, 14 May 1973), p.23.