Bert Beard

Bert Beard
Personal information
Full name Gilbert Vaughan Beard
Date of birth (1909-07-05)5 July 1909
Place of birth Northam, Western Australia
Date of death 8 November 1983(1983-11-08) (aged 74)
Original team(s) South Fremantle (WANFL)
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1930, 1936 South Fremantle
1932–1935 South Melbourne 36 (19)
1935 Fitzroy 13 0(6)
Total 49 (25)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1935.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gilbert Vaughan "Bert" Beard (a.k.a. "Blue" Beard; "Bluey" Beard) (5 July 1909 – 8 November 1983) was an Australian rules footballer from Western Australia who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1930s. He also played first-grade cricket for the South Melbourne Cricket Club.[1]