Bernie Treweek
{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1914}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Bernie Treweek
| image =
| fullname = Bernard Alton Treweek
| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|09|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Broken Hill, New South Wales
| death_date = {{death date and age|1957|11|27|1914|09|27|df=y}}
| death_place = Heidelberg, Victoria
| originalteam = Caulfield Football Club
| height = 178 cm
| weight = 79 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1940
| years1 = 1934–1935
| club1 = {{AFL Car}}
| games_goals1 = {{0}}6 (0)
| years2 = 1937–1940
| club2 = {{AFL Fit}}
| games_goals2 = 57 (0)
| games_goalstotal = 63 (0)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Bernard Alton Treweek (27 September 1914 – 27 November 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2009), p.836.
Family
The son of Laurence Treweek (1874-1949), and Catherine Treweek, née Watts (1875-1959), Bernard Alton Treweek was born at Broken Hill, New South Wales on 27 September 1914.
He married Helen Ferguson (1917-1998) in 1936. They had four children; two of whom died in their infancy.
Education
Football
=Carlton (VFL)=
Recruited from the Caulfield Football Club in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA){{Broken anchor|date=2024-09-17|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Victorian Amateur Football Association#Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA)|reason= The anchor (Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA)) has been deleted.}}, although a regular Seconds player, he played in six senior games for Carlton over his three seasons with the team (1934-1936).
=Fitzroy (VFL)=
He played in 57 senior games for Fitzroy over four seasons (1937-1940).[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11171876 Fitzroy Football Team (Photograph), The Argus, (Thurday, 16 June 1938), p.18.]
=1937 Best First-Year Players=
In September 1937, The Argus selected Treweek in its team of 1937's first-year players.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11080747 Football Season's Many Good Recruits, The Argus, (Tuesday, 7 September 1937), p.14.]
| class="wikitable"
! ! !Best First-Year Players (1937) ! |
| Backs
|align=center|Bernie Treweek |align=center|Reg Henderson |align=center|Lawrence Morgan |
| H/Backs
|align=center|Gordon Waters |align=center|Bill Cahill |align=center|Eddie Morcom |
| Centre Line
|align=center|Ted Buckley |align=center|George Bates |align=center|Jack Kelly |
| H/Forwards
|align=center|Col Williamson |align=center|Ray Watts |align=center|Don Dilks |
| Forwards
|align=center|Lou Sleeth |align=center|Sel Murray |align=center|Charlie Pierce |
| Rucks/Rover
|align=center|Reg Garvin |align=center|Sandy Patterson |align=center|Des Fothergill |
| Second Ruck
|align=center|Lawrence Morgan |align=center|Col Williamson |align=center|Lou Sleeth |
Death
He died at the Austin Hospital, in Heidelberg, Victoria on 27 November 1957.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sFBVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6991%2C4225842 Deaths: Treweek, The Age, (Thursday, 28 November 1957), p.14.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article178602688 Former Maroon in Hospital, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 22 March 1950), p.11.]
Notes
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References
- {{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}}
External links
- {{AFL Tables|ref=B/Bernie_Treweek.html}}
- [http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Bernie+Treweek Bernie Treweek's profile] at Blueseum
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Category:Carlton Football Club players
Category:Fitzroy Football Club players
Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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