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Brian Thomas Pert (born 28 January 1936) 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 for Fitzroy in the VFL.


Family

The son of Thomas Arthur Pert (1905-1961), and Grace Dorothy Pert (1905-1994), née Condick, Brian Thomas Pert was born on 28 January 1936. He married Valerie Thelma Ballantyne (1938-) in 1960. His son Gary was a best and fairest winner with Fitzroy.


Football

Cleared from Preston Scouts to Fitzroy in April 1953, Pert usually played at half-back or as a wingman. He missed many games due to injury and despite spending 12 seasons with Fitzroy he managed to play only 125 games.


Saturday, 6 July 1963

On 6 July 1963, playing on the half-back flank, he was a member of the young and inexperienced Fitzroy team that comprehensively and unexpectedly defeated Geelong, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the 1963 Miracle Match. Pert was declared the "best on ground" for his outstanding performance in the match.Lawrence, John, "Cats had no Answer to Fitzroy's Game", ''The Age'', (Monday, 8 July 1963), p.19.
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See also

* 1963 Miracle Match


Notes


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pert, Brian 1936 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Fitzroy Football Club players Living people 20th-century Australian sportsmen