Bert Lucas

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer and coach}}

{{about|the former Carlton and South Melbourne footballer|the former South Melbourne footballer in 1941|Bert Lucas (footballer, born 1921)}}

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Bert Lucas

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| fullname = Albert William Leslie Lucas{{cite web| url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=R&veteranId=1037011| title=WW2 Nominal Roll| publisher=Government of Australia| access-date=8 November 2015| archive-date=3 November 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103153728/http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=R&veteranId=1037011| url-status=dead}}

| birth_date = 3 April 1922

| birth_place = Collingwood, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|2|21|1922|4|3|df=yes}}

| death_place = Shepparton, victoria

| originalteam = Sandringham

| height = 185 cm

| weight = 91 kg

| position = Ruckman

| statsend = 1950

| years1 = 1944

| club1 = Carlton

| games_goals1 = {{0}}7 {{0}}(5)

| years2 = 1946–1950

| club2 = South Melbourne

| games_goals2 = 69 (31)

| games_goalstotal = 76 (36)

| careerhighlights =

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Albert William Leslie "Bert" Lucas (3 April 1922 – 21 February 1988) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Lucas had his early career interrupted by the war but managed seven appearances for Carlton in the 1944 VFL season.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/B/Bert_Lucas0.html AFL Tables: Bert Lucas] A ruckman, he played five seasons at South Melbourne and was joined at the club by his brother George in 1947. He took over from Jack Graham as South Melbourne captain in 1949 but held the position for just one year.{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}

He left South Melbourne in 1951 to become captain-coach of Tasmanian club Sandy Bay.The Mercury,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27005269 "Lucas Appointed As Sandy Bay Coach"], 9 February 1951, p. 9 In 1954 he returned to Victoria, as playing coach of Nathalia.The Argus,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26590166 "Lucas Will Coach Nathalia"], 11 February 1954, p. 17