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Bernie Treweek

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Bernie Treweek
Personal information
Full name Bernard Alton Treweek
Date of birth (1914-09-27)27 September 1914
Place of birth Broken Hill, New South Wales
Date of death 27 November 1957(1957-11-27) (aged 43)
Place of death Heidelberg, Victoria
Original team(s) Caulfield Football Club
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1934–1935 Carlton 06 (0)
1937–1940 Fitzroy 57 (0)
Total 63 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bernard Alton Treweek (27 September 1914 – 27 November 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

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The son of Laurence Treweek (1874-1949), and Catherine Treweek, née Watts (1875-1959), Bernard Alton Treweek was born at Broken Hill, New South Wales on 27 September 1914.

He married Helen Ferguson (1917-1998) in 1936. They had four children; two of whom died in their infancy.

Education

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He was educated at the Christian Brothers' College in Victoria Parade.[2]

Football

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Carlton (VFL)

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Recruited from the Caulfield Football Club in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA)[broken anchor], although a regular Seconds player, he played in six senior games for Carlton over his three seasons with the team (1934-1936).

Fitzroy (VFL)

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He played in 57 senior games for Fitzroy over four seasons (1937-1940).[3]

1937 Best First-Year Players

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In September 1937, The Argus selected Treweek in its team of 1937's first-year players.[4]

Best First-Year Players (1937)
Backs Bernie Treweek
(Fitzroy)
Reg Henderson
(Richmond)
Lawrence Morgan
(Fitzroy)
H/Backs Gordon Waters
(Hawthorn)
Bill Cahill
(Essendon)
Eddie Morcom
(North Melbourne)
Centre Line Ted Buckley
(Melbourne)
George Bates
(Richmond)
Jack Kelly
(St Kilda)
H/Forwards Col Williamson
(St Kilda)
Ray Watts
(Essendon)
Don Dilks
(Footscray)
Forwards Lou Sleeth
(Richmond)
Sel Murray
(North Melbourne)
Charlie Pierce
(Hawthorn)
Rucks/Rover Reg Garvin
(St Kilda)
Sandy Patterson
(South Melbourne)
Des Fothergill
(Collingwood)
Second Ruck Lawrence Morgan Col Williamson Lou Sleeth

Death

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He died at the Austin Hospital, in Heidelberg, Victoria on 27 November 1957.[5][6]

Notes

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References

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  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
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