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Bert Atkins

George Bertram Atkins was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Bert Atkins
Cigarette card of Atkins in 1909
Personal information
Full name George Bertram Atkins
Born (1885-01-17)17 January 1885
Hobart, Tasmania
Died 27 February 1946(1946-02-27) (aged 61)
Sebastopol, Victoria
Original team Northcote (VFA)1
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1907–1908 South Melbourne 32 (0)
1918–1919 St Kilda 7 (1)
Total 39 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

George Bertram Atkins (17 January 1885 – 27 February 1946) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).2

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Notes

  1. "South Melbourne", The Herald, 19 April 1908, p. 4.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
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