Wally Bristowe Explained

Wally Bristowe
Fullname:Wallace Handley Bristowe
Birth Date:27 April 1922
Birth Place:Myrtleford, Victoria
Originalteam:Carnegie
Height:182 cm
Weight:76 kg
Statsend:1945
Years1:1940–42
Games Goals1:11 (4)
Years2:1944–45
Games Goals2:18 (14)
Games Goalstotal:29 (18)

Wallace Handley Bristowe (27 April 1922 – 1 March 2013) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Personal life

Bristowe served as a sergeant in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 95.
  2. Web site: World War Two Service . 16 January 2021 . Australian Government – Department of Veteran's Affairs.