Bruce Phillips (footballer) explained

Bruce Phillips
Fullname:Bruce Osborne Phillips[1]
Birth Date:2 May 1929
Originalteam:Camden
Height:188 cm
Weight:83 kg
Statsend:1955
Years1:1947–1955
Club1:St Kilda
Games Goals1:115 (42)

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

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bruce Osborne Phillips . Herald Sun.
  2. News: Phillips wins club award. . . Melbourne . 13 September 1950 . 19 April 2013 . 13 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: BRUCE PHILLIPS MAY BE LOST TO FOOTBALL. . . Melbourne . 18 April 1956 . 19 April 2013 . 26 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: Jeans is officially a St Kilda legend . Martin . Blake. 6 June 2008.
  5. Web site: Vale Bruce Phillips. Morris. Tom. saints.com.au. 20 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141214153011/http://www.saints.com.au/news/2014-10-20/vale-bruce-phillips. 14 December 2014. dead.