Bernie Treweek

Bernie Treweek
Personal information
Full name	Bernard Alton Treweek
Date of birth	(1914-09-27)27 September 1914
Place of birth	Broken Hill, New South Wales
Date of death	27 November 1957(1957-11-27) (aged 43)
Place of death	Heidelberg, Victoria
Original team(s)	Caulfield Football Club
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1934–1935	Carlton	06 (0)
1937–1940	Fitzroy	57 (0)
Total		63 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bernard Alton Treweek (27 September 1914 – 27 November 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of Laurence Treweek (1874-1949), and Catherine Treweek, née Watts (1875-1959), Bernard Alton Treweek was born at Broken Hill, New South Wales on 27 September 1914.

He married Helen Ferguson (1917-1998) in 1936. They had four children; two of whom died in their infancy.

Education

He was educated at the Christian Brothers' College in Victoria Parade.[2]

Football

Carlton (VFL)

Recruited from the Caulfield Football Club in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA)^[broken anchor], although a regular Seconds player, he played in six senior games for Carlton over his three seasons with the team (1934-1936).

Fitzroy (VFL)

He played in 57 senior games for Fitzroy over four seasons (1937-1940).[3]

1937 Best First-Year Players

In September 1937, The Argus selected Treweek in its team of 1937's first-year players.[4]

		Best First-Year Players (1937)
Backs	Bernie Treweek (Fitzroy)	Reg Henderson (Richmond)	Lawrence Morgan (Fitzroy)
H/Backs	Gordon Waters (Hawthorn)	Bill Cahill (Essendon)	Eddie Morcom (North Melbourne)
Centre Line	Ted Buckley (Melbourne)	George Bates (Richmond)	Jack Kelly (St Kilda)
H/Forwards	Col Williamson (St Kilda)	Ray Watts (Essendon)	Don Dilks (Footscray)
Forwards	Lou Sleeth (Richmond)	Sel Murray (North Melbourne)	Charlie Pierce (Hawthorn)
Rucks/Rover	Reg Garvin (St Kilda)	Sandy Patterson (South Melbourne)	Des Fothergill (Collingwood)
Second Ruck	Lawrence Morgan	Col Williamson	Lou Sleeth

Death

He died at the Austin Hospital, in Heidelberg, Victoria on 27 November 1957.[5][6]

Notes

1. Holmesby & Main (2009), p.836.
2. Blake, Jim, "Who's Who in Football: No.9. Fitzroy", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 15 June 1940), p.5.
3. Fitzroy Football Team (Photograph), The Argus, (Thurday, 16 June 1938), p.18.
4. Football Season's Many Good Recruits, The Argus, (Tuesday, 7 September 1937), p.14.
5. Deaths: Treweek, The Age, (Thursday, 28 November 1957), p.14.
6. Former Maroon in Hospital, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 22 March 1950), p.11.

References

• Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.

External links

• Bernie Treweek's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Bernie Treweek's profile at Blueseum