Bert Sharpe | |
Fullname: | Albert Edward Sharpe |
Birth Date: | 6 May 1878 |
Birth Place: | Fitzroy, Victoria |
Death Place: | Carlton North, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Royal Park Crescent |
Position: | Forward |
Statsend: | 1905 |
Years1: | 1897–1903 |
Games Goals1: | 99 (59) |
Years2: | 1904–1905 |
Games Goals2: | 17 (17) |
Games Goalstotal: | 116 (76) |
Careerhighlights: |
Albert 'Bert' Sharpe (6 May 1878 – 10 January 1918) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Sharpe was a key position forward but could also play as a defender when required. He played at centre half-forward in the 1898 Fitzroy premiership side and went on to play 99 games for the club; some sources credit him as having played in Fitzroy's 1899 premiership team, thus making 100 Fitzroy appearances, but he was a late withdrawal from the side due to the death of his father the day before the Grand Final;[1] his teammates wore black armbands for that match.[2] [3] He still brought up the 100 game milestone as he continued his career at South Melbourne in 1904.[4]
He died young in 1918.[5]