Bert_Sutton
Bert Sutton
Australian rules footballer, born 1901
Herbert Carey Tregurtha 'Bert' Sutton (15 April 1901 – 17 August 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s.
| Bert Sutton | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Herbert Carey Tregurtha Sutton | ||
| Date of birth | 15 April 1901 | ||
| Place of birth | Williamstown, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 17 August 1981(1981-08-17) (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Concord, New South Wales | ||
| Original team(s) | Williamstown (VFA) | ||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1919–1920 | Williamstown (VFA) | 34 0(9) | |
| 1921–1924 | South Melbourne | 19 0(2) | |
| 1925 | North Launceston (NTFA) | ||
| 1926–1927 | South Melbourne | 30 (32) | |
| 1928 | Hawthorn | 15 0(3) | |
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1924 | St Patricks O&MFL | 14 (11–3–0) | |
| 1925 | North Launceston (NTFA) | 12 (7–4–1) | |
| 1928 | Hawthorn | 18 (0–18–0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1928. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
The son of Thomas Henry Baldock Sutton (1865–1934)[1] and Alice Melita Sutton, née Tregurtha (1869–1950),[2][3] Herbert Carey Tregurtha Sutton was born at Williamstown on 15 April 1901.
Sutton married Mary Christina Evans (1900–1979) on 29 June 1929 at Wesley Church in Melbourne.[4] They subsequently moved to Adelaide, where they had a son, Evan Carey Sutton (1932-2006), and then moved to Sydney where they settled in the suburb of Concord.
Sutton, who came to South Melbourne from Williamstown,[5] was used mostly as a flanker.
He left South Melbourne in 1924 to captain-coach St Patrick's in the Ovens & Murray Football League to the premiership.[6][7]
In 1925 he moved on to captain-coach North Launceston for a season and also steered them to a premiership.[8]
After another stint at South Melbourne (1926 to 1927),[9] Sutton crossed to Hawthorn in 1928 as captain-coach.[10][11] The club failed to win a game all year, and he was not retained for the 1929 season.
Sutton was later an umpire in the Victorian Junior Football League.[12]
Sutton served in the Volunteer Defence Corps during World War II.[13]
Bert Sutton died in Concord, New South Wales on 17 August 1981 and was cremated at Rookwood Cemetery.[14]
- "Family Notices". Table Talk. No. 3192. Melbourne. 11 July 1929. p. 54.
- "CLUB PROSPECTS". The Herald. No. 14, 074. Melbourne. 22 April 1921. p. 3.
- "THE PLAYERS". Record. Vol. XXIX, no. 24. South Melbourne. 14 June 1924. p. 3.
- "FOOTBALL NOTES". Williamstown Chronicle. No. 4081. Victoria, Australia. 6 September 1924. p. 3.
- "FOOTBALL". The Examiner (DAILY ed.). Launceston, Tasmania. 3 April 1928. p. 3.
- "FOOTBALL COACHES". The Herald. No. 15, 863. Melbourne. 21 March 1928. p. 3.
- "These Days of Sport". The Argus. No. 28, 357. Melbourne. 10 July 1937. p. 22.
- "SUTTON, Herbert Carey Tregurtha". Department of Veterans' Affairs.
- "Funerals". Sydney Morning Herald. No. 44816. Sydney. 18 August 1981. p. 18.
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- Bert Sutton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Bert Sutton's playing statistics from The VFA Project.
- Bert Sutton at AustralianFootball.com