Neil Bristow

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Neil Bristow
Personal information
Full name Neil Bristow
Date of birth (1955-11-23) 23 November 1955 (age 65)
Original team(s) Ainslie (ACTFL)/ Sale (LVFL)
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1979 Footscray 10 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1979.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Neil Bristow (born 23 November 1955) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Originally from Ainslie Football Club in the Australian Capital Territory Football League (ACTFL), Bristow played for Latrobe Valley Football League (LVFL) club Sale before Footscray recruited him for the 1979 VFL season. Bristow made his senior VFL debut in Round One, against Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). [2] Bristow played ten games in 1979, the last of which in Round 14, and left Footscray at the end of the season.


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. "Neil Bristow". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 May 2015.


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