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Bert Reitman

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Bert Reitman
Reitman in 1906
Personal information
Full name Albert Blagdon Reitman
Date of birth (1887-10-09)9 October 1887
Place of birth Collingwood, Victoria
Date of death 12 May 1973(1973-05-12) (aged 85)
Place of death Williamstown, Victoria
Original team(s) Clifton Hill Churches
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1906–1907 Collingwood   12  (1)
1907–1914 Williamstown (VFA) 120 (10)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1911 V.F.A. 3
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Albert Blagdon Reitman (9 October 1887 – 12 May 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), and for the Williamstown Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).[1]

Family

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The son of Theodore "Fred" Reitman (1863-1934),[2] and Effie Amelia Reitman (1865-1927),[3] née Purling, Albert Blagdon Reitman was born in Collingwood, Victoria on 9 October 1887.

He married Gertrude Evelyn Marshall (1888-1970) in 1913.

Football

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One of the finest men who have [donned] a football guernsey, to wit, Bert Reitman, of the Williamstown club, has signified his intention of retiring. Always a fair and manly player, Bert was an ornament to the game, admired by all the players of other teams, and his loss will be very noticeable. The Flemington Spectator, 11 March 1915.[4]

Collingwood (VFL)

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He played his last senior match for Collingwood on 4 May 1907, against St Kilda.

Williamstown (VFA)

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Cleared from Collingwood to the VFA team Williamstown,[5] he played his first match for Williamstown, against Brunswick, on 25 May 1907.

He was captain-coach of Williamstown in 1913 and its captain in 1914.

Recognition

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He was made a life member of the Williamstown Football Club in 1915.[6]

Death

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He died (suddenly) at his home in Williamstown on 12 May 1973.[7]

Notes

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References

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  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
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