Gary Pert was born on 28 May 1965 and is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Fitzroy and Collingwood in the Australian Football League.
13 Facts About Gary Pert
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Tall, well-built and strong in the air, Pert played over 200 league games, despite suffering two serious knee injuries in the prime years of his career.
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Gary Pert recovered in time for the Round 5 game against Richmond.
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Gary Pert returned in 1989, winning Fitzroy's best and fairest.
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Besides representing Bulleen in junior football, Gary Pert played for the Victorian Football League schoolboys team in Ireland in 1981.
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Gary Pert was recruited to Fitzroy, as Bulleen was in Fitzroy's recruiting zone, and made his senior debut in Round 4 of the 1982 season at only 16 years of age.
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Also making his debut was Paul Roos, with whom Gary Pert formed a great partnership for Fitzroy through the 1980s.
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Gary Pert played State of Origin for Victoria in 1984 at the age of just 18, and was a champion full-back for the Lions.
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Gary Pert missed much of the first half of the 1987 VFL season due to a knee injury, but was playing again by the end of the season.
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The Lions let Gary Pert go, having played 163 games with 42 goals between 1982 and 1990.
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Gary Pert was head of Austereo before taking up a position at the Nine Network TV station in December 2006.
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On 24 July 2017, Gary Pert resigned from his position as CEO of the club.
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In June 2018, Gary Pert returned to the AFL industry after being appointed as CEO of the Melbourne Football Club.