Albert Victor Hyde (3 June 1907 – 23 October 1989) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the VFL.
Family
The son of Arthur James Hyde (1879-1949), and Alice Frances Louisa Hyde (1867-1956), née Letch, Albert Victor Hyde was born at Brunswick East, Victoria on 3 June 1907.
Football
Brunswick (VFA)
Recruited from East Brunswick, he played in 10 First XVII matches (scoring 5 goals) with Brunswick Football Club in 1924.
Hawthorn (VFL)
Hyde was a full-forward and was Hawthorn's major goal-kicker during their first decade in the VFL: he topped their goal-kicking from 1926–1930, with a best of 62 goals in 1928 to finish third in the VFL's goal-kicking — an impressive feat considering that Hawthorn finished last without a win. His last couple of seasons at Hawrthorn were spent at full back.
Victoria (VFL)
He is the only player to have been selected to represent the VFL at both full-forward (1928),[1] and at full-back (1933).[2]
Preston (VFA)
Hyde became captain-coach of Preston Football Club on 21 December 1935;[3] and, during his first season at Preston (1936) he was joint winner of the Recorder Cup. He retired at the end of 1937.
Athlete
Running as the favourite,[4] he came second (by a foot) to R.L. Barker in the 1932 Stawell Gift final.[5]
After football
After the war Hyde served for many years on the committee at Hawthorn.
Later, Hyde was a businessman in Melbourne.[6] In 1965 he was appointed President of the Metropolitan Football League.[6]
Death
He died on 23 October 1989[7] and is buried at Rye Cemetery.[8]
See also
Honours and achievements
Individual
- 5× Hawthorn leading goalkicker: 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930
- Recorder Cup: 1936
- Hawthorn Hall of Fame
- Hawthorn life member
Notes
- ^ Football: Match at Bendigo, The Argus, Saturday, 18 August 1928, p.28.
- ^ Barclay, H.F., "Victorians Overwhelm New South Wales", The Herald, (Wednesday, 2 August 1933), p.2.
- ^ "The Age - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ Stawell Gift: Running in the Rain: A.V. Hyde Favourite, The Argus, (Monday, 28 March 1932), p.5.
- ^ Stawell Gift won by Roy Barker: Victory in Neck-to-Neck Struggle: Hyde and Hannon Fill Places: Fast Time on Heavy, Rain-Soaked Track, The Herald, (Monday, 28 March 1932), p.3.
- ^ a b "Metro League appoints chief". The Age. 29 April 1965. p. 26. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ "Hall of Fame". Hawthorn Football Club. Archived from the original on 13 February 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "A. V. Hyde". Find a Grave.
References
External links
- A.V. "Bert" Hyde, at The VFA Project.
- Bert Hyde's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Bert Hyde at AustralianFootball.com