Ernie Hart (4 June 1912 – 7 September 2001) 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 oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with

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in the

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(VFL). Hart played his only senior game for Melbourne a day after his 31st birthday, against

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.AFL Tables: Ernie Hart
/ref> He instead spent most of him time in the seconds and won the

Gardiner Medal {{Use Australian English, date=January 2018 The Gardiner Medal was an Australian rules football award, formerly awarded to the best and fairest player in the VFL Reserves competition. Officially named the Seconds prior to 1959 and the Reserves fr ...

in 1943. Before coming to the VFL, Hart played his football for Northcote and was joint coach with

Jack Lyngcoln Jack Lyngcoln (5 January 1910 – 10 June 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Lyngcoln appeared three times for Collingwood in the 1932 VFL season, in a strong team con ...

in 1937.'' The Argus''
"Lyngcoln and Hart Chosen"
17 March 1937, p. 11

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* 1912 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players Northcote Football Club players Northcote Football Club coaches 2001 deaths {{AFL-bio-1912-stub