Wally Bristowe

Wallace Handley Bristowe (27 April 1922 – 1 March 2013) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Wally Bristowe
Personal information
Full name Wallace Handley Bristowe
Date of birth (1922-04-27)27 April 1922
Place of birth Myrtleford, Victoria
Date of death 1 March 2013(2013-03-01) (aged 90)
Original team(s) Carnegie
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1940–42 Hawthorn 11 (4)
1944–45 Fitzroy 18 (14)
Total 29 (18)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Personal life

Bristowe served as a sergeant in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War.[2]

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. 95. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "World War Two Service". Australian Government – Department of Veteran's Affairs. Retrieved 16 January 2021.



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