Neville Beard Explained

Neville Beard
Fullname:Neville Gilbert Beard
Birth Date:19 November 1936
Birth Place:East Fremantle, Western Australia
Statsend:1963
Years1:1956–1963
Club1:Perth
Games Goals1:126 (?)

Neville Gilbert Beard (born 19 November 1936)[1] is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Perth in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL) from 1956 to 1963.

Beard played mostly as a ruck-rover and in defence. He won the Sandover Medal in 1961, beating Ray Sorrell on a countback. Beard represented Western Australia just once in his career, against South Australia at Perth in 1962. He had been selected in the Brisbane Carnival squad the previous year but was unable to play due to an injury.[2]

His father, Bert played in the Victorian Football League in the 1930s.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/40979342 Births: Beard, The West Australian, (21 November 1936), p.1.
  2. Book: The Sandover Medal Men . East, Alan . 2006 . 223–227 . 0-9775813-0-6.
  3. http://www.footygoss.com/index.php/main/columns/memory/view/where_are_they_now_neville_beard Where Are They Now? Neville Beard