Albert Victor Hyde (3 June 1907 â 23 October 1989) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn Football Club in the VFL.
Recruited from East Brunswick, he played in ten First XVII matches (scoring 5 goals) with Brunswick Football Club in 1924.
Hyde was a full-forward and was Hawthorn's major goal-kicker during their first decade in the VFL: he topped their goal-kicking from 1926âÂÂ1930, with a best of 62 goals in 1928 to finish third in the VFL's goal-kicking â an especially impressive feat considering that Hawthorn finished last without a win. His last couple of seasons at Hawrthorn were spent at full-back.
He is the only player to have been selected to represent the VFL at both full-forward (1928) and at full-back (1933).
Hyde became captain-coach of Preston Football Club on 21 December 1935; and, during his first season at Preston (1936), he was joint winner of the Recorder Cup. He retired at the end of 1937.
Running as the favourite, he came second (by a foot) to R. L. Barker in the 1932 Stawell Gift final.
After the war, Hyde served for many years on the committee at .
Later, Hyde was a businessman in Melbourne. In 1965, he was appointed President of the Metropolitan Football League.
He died on 23 October 1989.
⢠1933 Sydney Carnival
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