Australian rules footballer, born 1914
Australian rules footballer
Bernard Alton Treweek (27 September 1914 – 27 November 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
The son of Laurence Treweek (1874-1949), and Catherine Treweek, née Watts (1875-1959), Bernard Alton Treweek was born at Broken Hill, New South Wales on 27 September 1914.
He married Helen Ferguson (1917-1998) in 1936. They had four children; two of whom died in their infancy.
Education
He was educated at the Christian Brothers' College in Victoria Parade.[2]
Carlton (VFL)
Recruited from the Caulfield Football Club in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA)[broken anchor], although a regular Seconds player, he played in six senior games for Carlton over his three seasons with the team (1934-1936).
Fitzroy (VFL)
He played in 57 senior games for Fitzroy over four seasons (1937-1940).[3]
1937 Best First-Year Players
In September 1937, The Argus selected Treweek in its team of 1937's first-year players.[4]
Death
He died at the Austin Hospital, in Heidelberg, Victoria on 27 November 1957.[5][6]
Notes
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2009), p.836.
- ^ Blake, Jim, "Who's Who in Football: No.9. Fitzroy", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 15 June 1940), p.5.
- ^ Fitzroy Football Team (Photograph), The Argus, (Thurday, 16 June 1938), p.18.
- ^ Football Season's Many Good Recruits, The Argus, (Tuesday, 7 September 1937), p.14.
- ^ Deaths: Treweek, The Age, (Thursday, 28 November 1957), p.14.
- ^ Former Maroon in Hospital, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 22 March 1950), p.11.
References
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
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