| Bernie Treweek | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Bernard Alton Treweek | ||
| Born |
27 September 1914 Broken Hill, New South Wales | ||
| Died |
27 November 1957 (aged 43) Heidelberg, Victoria | ||
| Original team | Caulfield Football Club | ||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1934–1935 | Carlton | 6 (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).
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.
He was educated at the Christian Brothers' College in Victoria Parade.
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).
He played in 57 senior games for Fitzroy over four seasons (1937-1940).
In September 1937, The Argus selected Treweek in its team of 1937's first-year players.
| 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 |
He died at the Austin Hospital, in Heidelberg, Victoria on 27 November 1957.