Gary Pert

Gary Pert
Personal information
Full name Gary James Pert
Date of birth (1965-05-28) 28 May 1965 (age 59)
Original team(s) Bulleen
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 97 kg (214 lb)
Position(s) Full back
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1982–1990 Fitzroy 163 (42)
1991–1995 Collingwood 070 0(4)
Total 233 (46)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
Victoria 6
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1995.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gary Pert (born 28 May 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Fitzroy and Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL). Tall, well-built and strong in the air, Pert played over 200 league games, despite suffering two serious knee injuries in the prime years of his career. Early in one season, Pert suffered a bizarre injury when he went to his girlfriend's house for dinner and got a biscuit stuck in his oesophagus. The blockage remained overnight and so the following day he underwent an oesophagoscopy under general anaesthetic.[1] He recovered in time for the Round 5 game against Richmond. He returned in 1989, winning Fitzroy's best and fairest.[2]

  1. ^ Smithers, Patrick (28 April 1988). "Surgery, but Pert may play". The Age.
  2. ^ Lovett, Michael, ed. (8 October 2023). AFL Record Season Guide 2010. G. Slattery. p. 333. ISBN 978-0-9806274-5-9.