Bert Rapiport

Bert Rapiport
Personal information
Full name	Henry Alexander Rapiport
Date of birth	(1865-09-30)30 September 1865
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria Colony, British Empire
Date of death	30 December 1913(1913-12-30) (aged 48)
Place of death	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Original team(s)	Normanby
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1897	Fitzroy	3 (1)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1897.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Henry Alexander "Bert" Rapiport (30 September 1865 – 30 December 1913) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and South Adelaide and West Adelaide Football Clubs in the South Australian Football Association (SAFA).

In 2015, it was discovered that Rapiport was Jewish, making him the first and one of few Jews to have played senior VFL/AFL football.^[1]

References

1. Browne, Ashley (6 August 2015). "Historians discover identity of two more Jewish League footballers". jwire.com.au. Australian Football League. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

Sources

• Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 8th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

External links

• Bert Rapiport's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Bert Rapiport at AustralianFootball.com