Reg Burgess

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Reg Burgess
Personal information
Date of birth (1934-08-06) 6 August 1934 (age 89)
Original team(s) Apsley
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1954–1960 Essendon 124 (9)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1960.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Reg Burgess (born 6 August 1934) is a former Australian rules footballer who played 124 Victorian Football League (VFL) games for the Essendon Bombers.

Burgess was a centreman and debuted for Essendon in 1954. He was one of Essendon's best players in the 1950s and won the club's best and fairest in 1957 and 1960. He represented Victoria in 1957-58 and 1960. Burgess left Essendon in 1960 at the age of 26 to captain-coach Casterton.

Champions of Essendon

In 2002 an Essendon panel ranked him at 13 in their Champions of Essendon list of the 25 greatest players ever to have played for Essendon.

External links

  • Reg Burgess's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  • Reg Burgess at AustralianFootball.com
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Essendon Football Club · Team of the Century 1896–1997
Full-back
  • Gavin Wanganeen
  • Fred Baring
  • Tom Fitzmaurice
Half-back
  • Barry Davis
  • Wally Buttsworth
  • Harold Lambert
Centre
  • Reg Burgess
  • Jack Clarke
  • Michael Long
Half-forward
  • James Hird
  • Ken Fraser
  • Terry Daniher
Full-forward
  • Bill Hutchison
  • John Coleman
  • Albert Thurgood
Ruck
  • Simon Madden
  • Tim Watson
  • Dick Reynolds (c)
Interchange
Coach
  • Kevin Sheedy
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Crichton Medal · Essendon Football Club best and fairest winners