Reuben Reid (Australian footballer)

Reuben John Reid (16 January 1903 – 31 July 1987) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Reuben Reid
Personal information
Full name Reuben John Reid
Date of birth (1903-01-16)16 January 1903
Place of birth Northdown, Tasmania
Date of death 31 July 1987(1987-07-31) (aged 84)
Place of death Caulfield South, Victoria
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1924–26 Richmond 13 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Recruited from Latrobe in Northern Tasmania, Reid was a centre-half-back whose career at Richmond was interrupted by a broken leg.[2] During the 1926 season he transferred to VFA side Brunswick[3] and he later played and coached the Tramways team and worked as a tram driver.

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 737. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "Reuben Reid". Tigerland Archive.
  3. "Reid, Reuben". The VFA Project.
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