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Key Facts

Full name
Albert W Lucas

Known as
Bert Lucas

Born
3 April 1922

Died
21 February 1988 (aged 65)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 22y 61d
Last game: 28y 145d

Height and weight
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 91 kg

Senior clubs
Carlton; South Melbourne

Jumper numbers
Carlton: 22
South Melbourne: 37, 1, 25

Recruited from
Carlton (1946)

Family links
George Lucas (Brother)

Bert Lucas

Advanced stats
ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
CarltonV/AFL1944750.7171%———0
South MelbourneV/AFL1946-195069310.4538%———7
V/AFL1944, 1946-195076360.4741%———7
Total1944, 1946-195076360.4741%———7

AFL: 5,327th player to appear, 3,164th most games played, 2,605th most goals kickedCarlton: 591st player to appear, 846th most games played, 560th most goals kickedSouth Melbourne: 653rd player to appear, 230th most games played, 241st most goals kicked

Having played for VFA team Sandringham prior to the war Bert Lucas played seven games and booted five goals for Carlton in 1944. Wartime commitments prevented him from fronting up in 1945 and when he resumed in 1946 it was with South Melbourne, the club which had lost to Carlton in the previous season’s notorious ‘bloodbath grand final’.

Lucas proved himself a useful ruckman with South over the next five seasons during which he made 69 senior appearances and registered 31 goals. He was club skipper in his penultimate season.

After leaving the VFL scene behind Bert Lucas spent the 1951 season captain-coaching TANFL side Sandy Bay. He later returned to Victoria and had a spell as player coach of Nathalia.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers by Russell Holmesby & Jim Main

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.