Bernard Harold Conlen (born 26 October 1960) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played with

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in the

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(VFL), and in the

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(SANFL).

Career

South Melbourne

Conlen, an Oakleigh District recruit, played for South Melbourne in the final two rounds of the

1981 VFL season The 1981 VFL season was the 85th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 28 March until 26 September, and comprised a ...

. He debuted in South Melbourne's 111 point loss to

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at Windy Hill in round 21, having 18 disposals. The next week the club played their last ever game before relocation, against

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. Conlen had five disposals, in a 33 point loss. He took part in the 1982 Escort Championships, which was won by the Swans, but didn't feature in the

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, only the reserves.

West Adelaide

In 1983 he was enticed to

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where he joined West Adelaide and was a rover in their premiership team that year. He also finished with the third most votes in the 1983

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count, behind

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(ineligible) and winner Tony Antrobus.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Conlen, Bernie 1960 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sydney Swans players West Adelaide Football Club players Living people