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Bert Ashby
Personal information
Full name Sydney Bertrand Ashby
Date of birth (1909-01-23)23 January 1909
Place of birth Leicester, England[citation needed]
Date of death 21 August 1993(1993-08-21) (aged 84)
Place of death Hawthorn, Victoria
Original team(s) West Hawthorn
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1928–1929, 1931–1935 Hawthorn 25 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1935.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Sydney Bertrand Ashby (23 January 1909 – 21 August 1993) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

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The third son of Henry Radford Ashby (1875–1914)[2] and Rachel Hannah Ashby, nee Upton (1876–1933),[3] Sydney Bertrand Ashby was born at Leicester on 23 January 1909. In early 1913 the Ashby family emigrated from England and settled in Melbourne.[citation needed]

In 1934 Bert Ashby married Norah Ethel Bruce Vance (1911–2004).[citation needed]

Football

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Originally from West Hawthorn, Bert Ashby made his debut for Hawthorn against Essendon in the final round of their winless 1928 season.[4] Playing largely in the reserves he managed one more senior game in 1929 and then finally managed to get a sustained run of appearances in 1931. He played a total of 25 games over 8 seasons for Hawthorn, missing significant periods through injury[5] in his final years with the club.

Death

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Sydney Bertrand Ashby died in August 1993 and was cremated at Fawkner Memorial Cemetery.[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Family Notices". The Age. No. 18, 644. Victoria, Australia. 21 December 1914. p. 12.
  3. ^ "Family Notices". The Age. No. 24, 402. Victoria, Australia. 28 June 1933. p. 1.
  4. ^ "CLUB REVIEWS". The Age. No. 22, 902. Victoria, Australia. 31 August 1928. p. 6.
  5. ^ "CLUB NOTES". The Age. No. 24, 637. Victoria, Australia. 31 March 1934. p. 15.
  6. ^ "Sydney Bertrand Ashby". Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.
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