Bert Sutton

Herbert Carey Tregurtha 'Bert' Sutton (15 April 1901 – 17 August 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s.

Bert Sutton
Personal information
Full name Herbert Carey Tregurtha Sutton
Date of birth 15 April 1901
Place of birth Williamstown, Victoria
Date of death 17 August 1981(1981-08-17) (aged 80)
Place of death Concord, New South Wales
Original team(s) Williamstown (VFA)
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1919–1920 Williamstown (VFA) 34 0(9)
1921–1924 South Melbourne 19 0(2)
1925 North Launceston (NTFA)
1926–1927 South Melbourne 30 (32)
1928 Hawthorn 15 0(3)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1924 St Patricks O&MFL 14 (11–3–0)
1925 North Launceston (NTFA) 12 (7–4–1)
1928 Hawthorn 18 (0–18–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1928.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life

The son of Thomas Henry Baldock Sutton (1865–1934) and Alice Melita Sutton, nee Tregurtha (1869–1950), Herbert Carey Tregurtha Sutton was born at Williamstown on 15 April 1901.

Football

Sutton, who came to South Melbourne from Williamstown,[1] was used mostly as a flanker.

He left South Melbourne in 1924[2] to captain-coach St Patrick's in the Ovens & Murray Football League to the premiership.[3]

In 1925 he moved on to captain-coach North Launceston for a season and also steered them to a premiership.[4]

After another stint at South Melbourne, Sutton crossed to Hawthorn in 1928 as captain-coach[5] but the club failed to win a game all year and he was not retained for the 1929 season.

Sutton was later an umpire in the Victorian Junior Football League.[6]

War service

Sutton served in the Volunteer Defence Corps during World War II.[7]

Later life

Sutton married Mary Christina Evans (1900–1979) on 29 June 1929 at Wesley Church in Melbourne.[8] They subsequently moved to Adelaide where they had a son and then to Sydney where they settled in the suburb of Concord.

Bert Sutton died in Sydney on 17 August 1981 and was cremated at Rookwood Cemetery.[9]

Notes
  1. "CLUB PROSPECTS". The Herald. No. 14, 074. Melbourne. 22 April 1921. p. 3.
  2. "THE PLAYERS". Record. Vol. XXIX, no. 24. South Melbourne. 14 June 1924. p. 3.
  3. "FOOTBALL NOTES". Williamstown Chronicle. No. 4081. Victoria, Australia. 6 September 1924. p. 3.
  4. "FOOTBALL". The Examiner (DAILY ed.). Launceston, Tasmania. 3 April 1928. p. 3.
  5. "FOOTBALL COACHES". The Herald. No. 15, 863. Melbourne. 21 March 1928. p. 3.
  6. "These Days of Sport". The Argus. No. 28, 357. Melbourne. 10 July 1937. p. 22.
  7. "SUTTON, Herbert Carey Tregurtha". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  8. "Family Notices". Table Talk. No. 3192. Melbourne. 11 July 1929. p. 54.
  9. "Funerals". Sydney Morning Herald. No. 44816. Melbourne. 18 August 1981. p. 18.

References
  • Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.


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