Australian Football - Reg Burgess

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Key Facts

Full name
Reginald Burgess

Known as
Reg Burgess

Born
6 August 1934

Died
13 May 2024 (aged 89)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 19y 261d
Last game: 26y 28d

Height and weight
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 72 kg

Senior clubs
Essendon

Jumper numbers
Essendon: 18

Reg Burgess

Club	League	Career span	Games	Goals	Avg	Win %	AKI	AHB	AMK	BV
Essendon	V/AFL	1954-1960	124	9	0.07	60%	16.25	—	2.00	8
Casterton	WBFL	1961-1963	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total		1954-1963	124	9	0.07	—	—	—	—	—

Pre 1965 stats are for selected matches only

AFL: 6,420th player to appear, 1,852nd most games played, 5,231st most goals kickedEssendon: 661st player to appear, 125th most games played, 462nd most goals kicked

Former Apsley footballer, Reg Burgess, was named as one of Essendon’s best players in the game against Geelong on Saturday. Burgess showed great promise in his training runs with the Dons earlier in the season and has justified his selection in the senior side.¹

A superb all round footballer - pacy, assured, highly skilled and tough - Reg Burgess was beyond question one of the finest centreline players of his day. Hailing from Apsley, for whom he won a Kowree-Naracoorte Football League best and fairest award in 1952 (a premiership year for the club), Burgess joined Essendon in 1954 and made his mark immediately. A regular VFL representative, he achieved All Australian selection after the 1958 Melbourne carnival. He won Essendon's best and fairest player award in 1957 and 1960, and was runner-up in 1956. After 124 VFL games for the Dons he moved to Casterton as captain-coach in 1961 and was successful in guiding the club to three consecutive flags. He finished his playing career in 1964-5 with his home town club of Apsley.

Author - John Devaney

Footnotes

1. “The Horsham Times”, 6/8/54, page 8. The match, played at Kardinia Park, was won by the Cats with scores of 16.14 to 11.10.

Sources

Full Points Footy Publications, Crème de la Crème