Bert Salkeld
Albert Ernest Salkeld (24 May 1876 – 26 May 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
| Bert Salkeld | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Albert Ernest Salkeld | ||
| Date of birth | 24 May 1876 | ||
| Place of birth | Clunes, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 26 May 1917 (aged 41) | ||
| Place of death | St Pancras, London | ||
| Original team(s) | Melbourne (VFA) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1897 | Essendon | 5 (3) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1897. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
A surgeon by profession, he later moved to England and enlisted to serve in World War I in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He died in London in 1917, but this was not related to his military service.[2]
Notes
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 782. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-9923791-4-8.
External links
- Bert Salkeld's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Bert Salkeld at AustralianFootball.com
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