Bruce Osborne Phillips (2 May 1929 – 18 October 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League.
Bruce Phillips | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Bruce Osborne Phillips[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1929-05-02)2 May 1929 | ||
Date of death | 18 October 2014(2014-10-18) (aged 85) | ||
Original team(s) | Camden | ||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1947–1955 | St Kilda | 115 (42) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1955. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
A fullback, Phillips won St Kilda's best and fairest award in 1950[2] and finished equal third in the Brownlow Medal count that year.
Phillips, who was a VFL representative in interstate football, played 115 games for St Kilda before a knee injury ended his career.[3]
In 2008 Phillips was inducted into St Kilda's Hall of Fame.[4] He died aged 85 in 2014.[5]
Trevor Barker Award • St Kilda Football Club best and fairest winners | |
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