Bert Boromeo [SEP] date of birth
Bert Boromeo
Bert Boromeo (10 May 1892 – 19 April 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
External links.
- Bert Boromeo's profile at Blueseum
game for Carlton on 27 June 1925 (round 9).
- The 1922 Victorian Interstate team captain, and Carlton star ruckman, Bert Boromeo was overheard being intensely critical of the Carlton captain-coach Horrie Clover at the same function. The Carlton Committee was upset at such behaviour occurring on the premises of another club, and suspended Boromeo immediately; eventually, in 1926, Carlton cleared Boromeo to Richmond for whom he played 14 games.
- The Essendon Premiership team was known as the "Mosquito Fleet", due