Bert Rapiport
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Bert Rapiport
| image =
| fullname = Henry Alexander Rapiport
| birth_date = {{birth date|1865|09|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria Colony, British Empire
| death_date = {{death date and age|1913|12|30|1865|9|30|df=yes}}
| death_place = St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
| originalteam = Normanby
| height =
| weight = 80 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1897
| years1 = 1897
| club1 = {{AFL Fit}}
| games_goals1 = 3 (1)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Henry Alexander "Bert" Rapiport (30 September 1865 – 30 December 1913) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and South Adelaide and West Adelaide Football Clubs in the South Australian Football Association (SAFA).
In 2015, it was discovered that Rapiport was Jewish, making him the first and one of few Jews to have played senior VFL/AFL football.{{cite web|last1=Browne|first1=Ashley|title=Historians discover identity of two more Jewish League footballers|url=https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-league-footballers-discovered/|website=jwire.com.au|date=6 August 2015 |publisher=Australian Football League|accessdate=7 June 2020}}
References
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Sources
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 8th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
External links
- {{AFL Tables|ref=B/Bert_Rapiport.html}}
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=Bert%2BRapiport/974}}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Category:Fitzroy Football Club (VFA) players
Category:Fitzroy Football Club players
Category:South Adelaide Football Club players
Category:West Adelaide Football Club players
Category:Jewish Australian sportspeople
Category:People from the Colony of Victoria
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