Bernie Jones

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Bernie Jones

| image =

| fullname = Bernard Matthew Jones

| birth_date = {{birth date|1953|5|3|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|06|20|1953|5|3|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://smct.org.au/deceased-search/8028177 |title=Bernard Matthew Jones |publisher=Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = De La Salle

| height = 197 cm

| weight = 92 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1980

| years1 = 1973–1977

| club1 = Hawthorn

| games_goals1 = 65 (31)

| years2 = 1978

| club2 = Essendon

| games_goals2 = 13 (11)

| years3 = 1979–1980

| club3 = Hawthorn

| games_goals3 = {{0}}8 {{0}}(1)

| games_goalstotal = 86 (43)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Bernie Jones (3 May 1953 – 20 June 2022) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn and Essendon in the VFL during the 1970s.{{cite web |last1=Browne |first1=Ashley |title=Rest In Peace, Bernie Jones |url=https://hawksinsiders.substack.com/p/rest-in-peace-bernie-jones |website=hawksinsiders.substack.com |language=en}}

A ruckman, Jones played in two Grand Finals in his first stint with Hawthorn, the first in 1975 which they lost and the other the following season which they won. In 1978 he crossed to Essendon for the season before returning to Hawthorn where he played until his retirement in 1980.

Jones's son, Dylan, played for the Sandringham Football Club in the Victorian Football League in 2010.