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Key Facts

Full name
Percy Bice

Known as
Perc Bice

Nickname
Hooker

Born
21 September 1915

Died
24 November 1985 (aged 70)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 28y 291d
Last game: 28y 326d

Height and weight
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 66 kg

Senior clubs
Norwood; Richmond

Jumper numbers
Richmond: 8

Recruited from
Norwood (1944)

Perc Bice

Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
NorwoodSANFL1933-1941135120.09
RichmondV/AFL1944600.0050%0
Total1933-1941, 1944141120.09

AFL: 5,358th player to appear, 9,477th most games played, 11,586th most goals kickedRichmond: 440th player to appear, 817th most games played, 1,025th most goals kicked

Another ‘good luck’ to Percy ‘Hooker’ Bice, brilliant Norwood wingman who has enlisted with the AIF. Brice has played well over a hundred games for the Redlegs and is still as speedy as ever.¹

Perc Bice, who was one of the most talented wingmen of his day, played 135 SANFL games for Norwood and Norwood-North between 1933 and 1944. He was a key member of the Redlegs’ 1941 premiership-winning team, and represented South Australia five times. Although he boasted all the attributes most commonly associated with top class wingmen - pace to burn, excellent evasive ability, skilful handling of the ball and good distribution skills - he could also be a somewhat feisty customer, and was no stranger to the tribunal.

In 1944, while stationed in Melbourne for military training, Bice played six VFL games for Richmond.

Author - John Devaney

Footnotes

1. “Sport”, 9/5/41, page 8.

Sources

Full Points Footy Publications, Crème de la Crème

Footnotes

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