Rupert Betheras [SEP] member of sports team
he was recruited to the Fremantle Dockers rookie list, before moving back to Melbourne and earned a spot on the Collingwood Magpies rookie list. He was then drafted late in the 1998 AFL Draft at no. 76 by Collingwood, and in 1999 made his debut at Victoria Park against the West Coast Eagles.
A brave utility who poured his heart and soul into the Collingwood Football Club, Rupert Betheras was a crowd favourite amongst the Collingwood faithful between 1999–2004, the latter season marking his delisting from the squad, something which continues
Rupert Betheras
Rupert James Betheras (born 23 November 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer and a contemporary artist, whose practice has largely been painting-based and also involved installation and sculpture. As a painter Betheras cut his teeth as a teenage graffiti artist on the streets of Melbourne.
Early AFL career.
Betheras played football for De La Salle in the VAFA before being given the opportunity to play with East Perth for the 1996 season whilst on a surfing holiday in Margaret River in Western Australia. In 1997