Edward George Bryce (21 December 1912 – 10 October 1996) 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). Bryce was used up forward with success later in his career, but started out as a wingman and also played as a rover. He was the son of former Collingwood and

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player Bob Bryce. His brother, George Bryce, also competed for South Melbourne. He missed the end of the

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and most of 1937, after he received an 18-week suspension for kicking

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s Norm Cashin. In 1938, his first full season back, he became a VFL interstate representative for the first time. Bryce missed another five games through suspension in 1939. He was Essendon's leading goal-kicker in 1940, when he kicked 48 goals. His record in finals saw him kick 16 goals from just six game. He kicked two of those goals from a

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in the

1941 VFL Grand Final The 1941 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1941. It was the 43rd annual Grand Final ...

, which Essendon lost.

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1912 births Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Essendon Football Club players 1996 deaths People from South Melbourne {{AFL-bio-1912-stub