Albert Victor Hyde (3 June 1907 – 23 October 1989) was an

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 Hawthorn in the VFL.

Family

The son of Arthur James Hyde (1879-1949), and Alice Frances Louisa Hyde (1867-1956), née Letch, Albert Victor Hyde was born at

Brunswick East, Victoria Brunswick East is an inner-city List of Melbourne suburbs, suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Melbourne city centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Merri-bek Local Govern ...

on 3 June 1907.

Football

Brunswick (VFA)

Recruited from East Brunswick, he played in 10 First XVII matches (scoring 5 goals) with Brunswick Football Club in 1924.

Hawthorn (VFL)

Hyde was a full-forward and was Hawthorn's major goal-kicker during their first decade in the VFL: he topped their goal-kicking from 1926–1930, with a best of 62 goals in 1928 to finish third in the VFL's goal-kicking — an impressive feat considering that Hawthorn finished last without a win. His last couple of seasons at Hawrthorn were spent at full back.

Victoria (VFL)

He is the only player to have been selected to represent the VFL at both full-forward (1928), and at full-back (1933).

Preston (VFA)

Hyde became captain-coach of Preston Football Club on 21 December 1935; and, during his first season at Preston (1936) he was joint winner of the

Recorder Cup The J. J. Liston Trophy is awarded annually to the best and fairest senior player in the Victorian Football League (VFL), which was formerly known as the Victorian Football Association (VFA). It is named after J.J. Liston, a businessman, civic ...

. He retired at the end of 1937.

Athlete

Running as the favourite, he came second (by a foot) to R.L. Barker in the 1932 Stawell Gift final.

After football

After the war Hyde served for many years on the committee at . Later, Hyde was a businessman in Melbourne. In 1965 he was appointed President of the

Metropolitan Football League The VFL Sub-Districts (VFLSD), sometimes referred to as the Victorian Sub-District Football League (VSDFL), was an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria and managed by the Victorian Football League (VFL), now known ...

Death

He died on 23 October 1989 and is buried at Rye Cemetery.

Honours and achievements

Individual * 5× Hawthorn leading goalkicker: 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 *

: 1936 * Hawthorn Hall of Fame * Hawthorn life member

Notes

References

Stawell Gift Try-Outs: Colac Carnival: A.V. Hyde Wins Gift, ''The Herald'', (Saturday, 19 March 1932), p.3.

External links

A.V. "Bert" Hyde, at ''The VFA Project''.
* * 1907 births 1989 deaths Australian male sprinters Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Brunswick Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club players Northern Bullants players Preston Football Club (VFA) coaches J. J. Liston Trophy winners Hawthorn Football Club administrators People from Brunswick, Victoria Sportsmen from Victoria (state) 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1907-stub