Australian Football

Port Adelaide's Reg Beaufoy was the quintessential embodiment of the Fos Williams ideal of having a formidable, towering presence at centre half forward who was equally capable of taking a highly damaging foray on the ball. Lloyd Zucker and Ian Hannaford were other significant manifestations of this tenet, but at 188cm and 96kg, Beaufoy was by some measure the most physically awe-inspiring. 

Sadly, however, in 1968, aged just 22, his career was cut short by a serious knee injury sustained in a match against Woodville. Up to that point, Beaufoy had played 80 games in six seasons, with some of his most potent performances coming in finals. In 1965, he was a member of the Port Adelaide team which overcame Sturt by three points in front of a then record Grand Final crowd of 62,543, and this remained the undoubted highlight of his comparatively short league career.

Sadly, in 1988 Reg Beaufoy died prematurely, aged just forty-two.

Author - John Devaney