Bert Foster (19 August 1906 – 31 August 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

between 1928 and 1936 for the Richmond Football Club. Originally from

Echuca Echuca ( ) is a town on the banks of the Murray River and Campaspe River in Victoria, Australia. The border town of Moama is adjacent on the northern side of the Murray River in New South Wales. Echuca is the administrative centre and largest ...

, he later coached the Richmond seconds team and the

Sandringham Football Club The Sandringham Football Club, nicknamed The Zebras, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne which was formed in 1929 and plays in the Victorian Football League (VFL) which was formerly called the Victorian Football Association ...

in the

Victorian Football Association The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

. He was a fireman for the MFB and died on duty.

References

*Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

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* Richmond Football Club players Richmond Football Club premiership players Sandringham Football Club players Sandringham Football Club coaches Echuca Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Road incident deaths in Victoria (state) 1906 births 1942 deaths Cycling road incident deaths VFL/AFL premiership players People from Echuca Australian firefighters {{AFL-bio-1906-stub