Bert Hyde

Bert Hyde
Hyde's football card
Personal information
Full name	Albert Victor Hyde
Date of birth	3 June 1907
Place of birth	Brunswick East, Victoria
Date of death	23 October 1989(1989-10-23) (aged 82)
Place of death	Rosebud, Victoria
Original team(s)	South Brunswick / Monbulk
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1924	Brunswick (VFA)	010 00(5)
1925–1935	Hawthorn	129 (269)
1936–1937	Preston (VFA)	027 0(34)
Total		166 (308)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937.
Career highlights
5× Hawthorn leading goalkicker: 1926–1930 Recorder Cup: 1936 Hawthorn Hall of Fame
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Albert Victor Hyde (3 June 1907 – 23 October 1989) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the VFL.

Family

The son of Arthur James Hyde (1879-1949), and Alice Frances Louisa Hyde (1867-1956), née Letch, Albert Victor Hyde was born at Brunswick East, Victoria on 3 June 1907.

Football

Brunswick (VFA)

Recruited from East Brunswick, he played in 10 First XVII matches (scoring 5 goals) with Brunswick Football Club in 1924.

Hawthorn (VFL)

Hyde was a full-forward and was Hawthorn's major goal-kicker during their first decade in the VFL: he topped their goal-kicking from 1926–1930, with a best of 62 goals in 1928 to finish third in the VFL's goal-kicking — an impressive feat considering that Hawthorn finished last without a win. His last couple of seasons at Hawrthorn were spent at full back.

Victoria (VFL)

He is the only player to have been selected to represent the VFL at both full-forward (1928),^[1] and at full-back (1933).^[2]

Preston (VFA)

Hyde became captain-coach of Preston Football Club on 21 December 1935;^[3] and, during his first season at Preston (1936) he was joint winner of the Recorder Cup. He retired at the end of 1937.

Athlete

Running as the favourite,^[4] he came second (by a foot) to R.L. Barker in the 1932 Stawell Gift final.^[5]

After football

After the war Hyde served for many years on the committee at Hawthorn.

Later, Hyde was a businessman in Melbourne.^[6] In 1965 he was appointed President of the Metropolitan Football League.^[6]

Death

He died on 23 October 1989^[7] and is buried at Rye Cemetery.^[8]

See also

• 1933 Sydney Carnival

Honours and achievements

Individual

• 5× Hawthorn leading goalkicker: 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930
• Recorder Cup: 1936
• Hawthorn Hall of Fame
• Hawthorn life member

Notes

References

• Stawell Gift Try-Outs: Colac Carnival: A.V. Hyde Wins Gift, The Herald, (Saturday, 19 March 1932), p.3.

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