Bruce Reid Sr. | |
Fullname: | Bruce Reid |
Birth Date: | 27 April 1929 |
Birth Place: | Bendigo, Victoria |
Death Place: | Parkville, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Romsey |
Height: | 175 cm |
Weight: | 77 kg |
Statsend: | 1951 |
Years1: | 1949–1951 |
Club1: | Footscray |
Games Goals1: | 28 (15) |
Bruce Reid Sr. (27 April 1929 – 24 August 1955) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Reid, a Romsey recruit, played 17 of a possible 19 games in the 1949 VFL season.[1] He added another eight games the following year but appeared just three times in 1951, his final season.[1]
He was the father of Bruce Reid Jr. and John Reid, who both would also play for Footscray.[2] He died in August 1955, 4 months before Bruce junior was born.