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Bruce K. Reid

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Bruce Reid
Personal information
Full name Bruce K. Reid
Date of birth (1950-03-17)17 March 1950
Date of death 15 June 1970(1970-06-15) (aged 20)
Original team(s) Leeton
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1968–1969 South Melbourne 5 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1969.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bruce K. Reid (17 March 1950 – 15 June 1970)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Reid came from the New South Wales town of Leeton, which was in South Melbourne's zone. He made two appearances for South Melbourne in the 1968 VFL season, as a half back flanker.[2] The following year he was tried, without success, at full-forward.[2][3]

He was killed in a car accident in 1970.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Bruce Reid - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b AFL Tables: Bruce Reid
  3. ^ The Age,"Sweeping changes in South line-up", 5 April 1969, p. 14
  4. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.