Rex Geard

Rex Geard
Rex Geard
Personal information
Full name	Rex Geard
Date of birth	10 January 1927
Date of death	22 July 1982 (aged 55)
Original team(s)	Sandy Bay
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1953.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Last updated May 05, 2019

Rex Geard (10 January 1927 – 22 July 1982) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). ^[1]

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is a professional Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Between its inception in Richmond, Melbourne in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), winning two premierships. Richmond joined the Victorian Football League in 1908 and has since won eleven premierships, most recently in 2017.

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

Notes

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 310. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links

Rex Geard's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Rex Geard at AustralianFootball.com

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[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 310. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.