Bert Rapiport
Australian rules footballer
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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).
Fullname
Henry Alexander Rapiport
Born
30 September 1865
Melbourne, Victoria Colony, British Empire
Melbourne, Victoria Colony, British Empire
Died
30 December 1913 (aged 48)
St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Original team
Normanby
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Henry Alexander Rapiport | ||
| Born |
30 September 1865 Melbourne, Victoria Colony, British Empire | ||
| Died |
30 December 1913 (aged 48) St Kilda, Victoria, Australia | ||
| Original team | Normanby | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1897 | Fitzroy | 3 (1) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1897. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
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.[1]
