Bernie Waldron
Richmond
AFL career
83 games22 goals
- Debut
- R7 1940 v SME8 June 1940
- Most recent
- R19 1945 v STK25 Aug 1945
Stats
Bio
Recruited from local side Burnley, Bernie Waldron was a tough and skilful utility who became a linchpin of Richmond's wartime dominance. While capable of playing across the half-back or half-forward lines, he played his finest football as a creative centreman, earning the club’s Best First Year Player award in 1940. A constant fixture in Jack Dyer’s formidable lineup, Waldron featured in four Grand Finals in just six seasons, tasting premiership success in 1943 and earning recognition as the club's best finals player during the 1944 runner-up campaign. After 83 games at Punt Road, he departed the VFL to forge a successful playing and coaching career in Tasmania with Hobart.
Profile
- Born
- 20 Mar 1920
- Died
- 20 Dec 1990 (aged 70y 275d)
- Deathplace
- Richmond, VIC
- Height
- 180 cm
- Weight
- 80 kg
Teams
Honours
- Premiership1943
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from local side Burnley, Bernie Waldron was a tough and skilful utility who became a linchpin of Richmond's wartime dominance. While capable of playing across the half-back or half-forward lines, he played his finest football as a creative centreman, earning the club’s Best First Year Player award in 1940. A constant fixture in Jack Dyer’s formidable lineup, Waldron featured in four Grand Finals in just six seasons, tasting premiership success in 1943 and earning recognition as the club's best finals player during the 1944 runner-up campaign. After 83 games at Punt Road, he departed the VFL to forge a successful playing and coaching career in Tasmania with Hobart.