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Neville Beard was an Australian rules footballer who played with Perth in the WANFL from 1956 to 1963.
Beard played mostly as a ruck-rover and in defence. He won the Sandover Medal in 1961, beating Ray Sorrell on a countback. Beard represented Western Australia just once in his career, against South Australia at Perth in 1962. He had been selected in the Brisbane Carnival squad the previous year but was unable to play due to an injury.
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Sandover Medal winners 1921: Hoft / Outridge • 1922: Boyd • 1923: W. Thomas • 1924: Gosnell • 1925: Owens • 1926: Leonard • 1927: Craig • 1928: Rocchi • 1929: Leonard / B. Thomas • 1930: Flemming • 1931: Richards • 1932: Hough • 1933: S. Clarke • 1934: S. Clarke • 1935: Krepp / Daily • 1936: Moloney • 1937: Jenkins • 1938: Bunton, Sr. • 1939: Bunton, Sr. • 1940: O'Keefe • 1941: Bunton, Sr. • 1942: Bowen • 1943: Moriarty • 1944: Davies • 1945: Bailey • 1946: Loughridge • 1947: Lewington • 1948: McIntosh • 1949: Maffina • 1950: Allen • 1951: Buttsworth • 1952: Marsh • 1953: McIntosh • 1954: McIntosh • 1955: Todd • 1956: Farmer • 1957: J. Clarke / Farmer • 1958: Kilmurray • 1959: Brian Foley • 1960: Farmer • 1961: Beard / Sorrell • 1962: Bunton, Jr. • 1963: Sorrell • 1964: Cable • 1965: Walker • 1966: Walker • 1967: Parkinson / Walker • 1968: Cable • 1969: Brown • 1970: Dalton / Walker • 1971: Hollins • 1972: Miller • 1973: Cable • 1974: Melrose • 1975: Quartermaine • 1976: Spencer • 1977: Peake • 1978: Kelly • 1979: Kelly • 1980: Michael • 1981: Michael • 1982: Narkle • 1983: Cousins / Ironmonger • 1984: Malaxos / Mitchell / Spencer • 1985: Wrensted • 1986: Bairstow • 1987: Watson • 1988: Bain • 1989: Edwards • 1990: Grasso • 1991: Dargie • 1992: West • 1993: Mildenhall • 1994: Dargie • 1995: Treleven • 1996: Wasley • 1997: Anderson • 1998: Bromage • 1999: Seebeck • 2000: Ambrose • 2001: Turnbull • 2002: Pickett • 2003: Beros • 2004: Pickett • 2005: Crabb • 2006: Priddis • 2007: Jones • 2008: Ballantyne • 2009: Young • 2010: Krakouer • 2011: BlackwellThe Sandover Medal has been awarded every year since 1921 to the fairest and best player in the West Australian Football League and its various incarnations.Categories:- Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
- Perth Football Club players
- Sandover Medal winners
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