Bert McComb

Albert Thomas "Bert" McComb (27 September 1906 – 24 December 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Bert McComb
Personal information
Full name Albert Thomas McComb
Date of birth (1906-09-27)27 September 1906
Place of birth Frankston, Victoria
Date of death 24 December 1981(1981-12-24) (aged 75)
Place of death Frankston, Victoria
Original team(s) Frankston
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1925 Essendon 03 (1)
1925; 1928–1929 Hawthorn 18 (2)
Total 21 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

After commencing his career with Frankston, McComb trialled with Essendon at the start of the 1924 VFL season[2] before joining them in 1925.[3] He played the first three games of the season but was then dropped. Halfway through the season he secured a clearance to Hawthorn[4] and he made three appearances for them in the second half of the season.

McComb commenced the 1926 season with Hawthorn but was cleared back to Frankston[5] without making a senior appearance. In 1927 he again commenced the season with Hawthorn[6] but after failing to make the team was cleared to Stawell Football Club in June.[7]

McComb again returned to Hawthorn for the 1928 VFL season and he made a further 15 appearances over two seasons. He then returned to Frankston for the 1930 season where he both played and coached for several years. McComb was captain coach of Port Campbell from 1936 to 1939, leading them to premierships in his first two seasons with the club.

In 1941 he married Enid Ethel Langham and they lived in Kew while he worked at the Australian Paper Mills in Fairfield. After his retirement they moved to Frankston, where they lived until his death in 1981.

Notes
  1. 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.
  2. "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 14 April 1924. p. 13.
  3. "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 29 April 1925. p. 16.
  4. "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 9 July 1925. p. 5.
  5. "FOOTBALL". Frankston and Somerville Standard. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 28 May 1926. p. 7.
  6. "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 4 April 1927. p. 8.
  7. "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 16 June 1927. p. 11.
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