Bert Sharpe

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Bert Sharpe

| image =

| fullname = Albert Edward Sharpe

| birth_date = 6 May 1878

| birth_place = Fitzroy, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1918|1|10|1878|5|6|df=yes}}

| death_place = Carlton North, Victoria

| originalteam = Royal Park Crescent

| height =

| weight =

| position = Forward

| statsend = 1905

| years1 = 1897–1903

| club1 = {{AFL Fit}}

| games_goals1 = {{0}}99 (59)

| years2 = 1904–1905

| club2 = {{AFL SM}}

| games_goals2 = {{0}}17 (17)

| games_goalstotal = 116 (76)

| careerhighlights = *VFL premiership player: 1898

}}

Albert 'Bert' Sharpe (6 May 1878 – 10 January 1918) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Sharpe was a key position forward but could also play as a defender when required. He played at centre half-forward in the 1898 Fitzroy premiership side and went on to play 99 games for the club; some sources credit him as having played in Fitzroy's 1899 premiership team, thus making 100 Fitzroy appearances, but he was a late withdrawal from the side due to the death of his father the day before the Grand Final;[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/318810 Deaths: Sharpe, The Argus, (Saturday, 16 September 1899), p.9.] his teammates wore black armbands for that match.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9030691 Football: The Final Match, The Argus, (Saturday, 16 September 1899), p.11.][https://australianfootball.com/game/view/202 Match Report: The premiership final: Fitzroy premiers, Australianfootball.com.] He still brought up the 100 game milestone as he continued his career at South Melbourne in 1904.{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}

He died young in 1918.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1632666 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Argus |location=Victoria, Australia |date=12 January 1918 |page=1}}