Ethelbert Luxmore "Bert" Renfrey was an Australian rules footballer who played in the South Australian Football Association, Victorian Football League and West Australian Football Association.
14 Facts About Bert Renfrey
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The son of Senior Constable William Renfrey, and Mary Jane Renfrey, nee Percy, Ethelbert Luxmore Renfrey was born in South Australia on 5 May 1879.
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Bert Renfrey married Ethel Maud Percy on 23 September 1921.
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Aged just 16, Bert Renfrey made his SAFA debut for North Adelaide in 1895.
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Bert Renfrey, a two time Stawell Gift runner-up, then played with West Broken Hill and was a member of their 1901 and 1903 Broken Hill Football League premiership winning teams.
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In 1904 Bert Renfrey played a season for the Goldfields Football Association club Boulder City.
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Bert Renfrey joined West Perth and participated in their 1905 premiership side.
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Bert Renfrey returned to West Broken Hill in 1908 and represented New South Wales in the Jubilee Australasian Football Carnival, held in Melbourne that year.
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Bert Renfrey represented South Australia in a total of 11 interstate matches and captained the 1911 Adelaide Carnival team.
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Bert Renfrey was reinstated the next evening after a vote of confidence was carried and took part in their next game, a loss to his former club North Adelaide.
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Bert Renfrey joined South Adelaide as non playing coach in 1914 and the following year guided them to third position on the ladder.
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The league went into recess during World War I and when it returned in 1919, Bert Renfrey coached for one final season.
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Bert Renfrey enlisted for service in the First AIF during the First World War on 4 January 1916, but was discharged on 31 August 1916.
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Bert Renfrey died from a self inflicted gunshot wound in the South Parklands of Adelaide on 29 April 1940.