Bruce Phillips

Bruce Phillips (2 May 1929 – 18 October 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League.

This article is about the Australian footballer. For the Canadian television journalist, see Bruce Phillips (journalist). For the American musician and folklorist, see Utah Phillips.

Bruce Phillips
Personal information
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[1] 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.[2]

In 2008 Phillips was inducted into St Kilda's Hall of Fame.[3] He died aged 85 in 2014.[4]

References
  1. "Phillips wins club award". The Argus. Melbourne. 13 September 1950. p. 13. Retrieved 19 April 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "BRUCE PHILLIPS MAY BE LOST TO FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne. 18 April 1956. p. 26. Retrieved 19 April 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. Blake, Martin (6 June 2008). "Jeans is officially a St Kilda legend".
  4. Morris, Tom. "Vale Bruce Phillips". saints.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.


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