Bruce Rohde

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Bruce Rohde
Personal information
Full name Bruce James Rohde
Date of birth (1950-01-31) 31 January 1950 (age 72)
Original team(s) Morwell
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1971 Footscray 4 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1971.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bruce Rohde (born 31 January 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

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Football

Recruited from the Morwell Football Club — he played representative football for the Latrobe Valley — he played VFL football with Footscray, and, in 1974, he was captain-coach of the Brisbane-based Western Districts Australian Football Club. [2]

He was a member of the Queensland representative team in 1974 and in 1975 (when he was vice-captain of the team). [3]

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References

Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.