Bert Hyde

Albert Victor Hyde (3 June 1907 – 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^{[clarification needed]} 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 1926–1930, with a best of 62 goals in 1928 to finish third in the VFL's goal-kicking — 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 Hawthorn.

Later, Hyde was a businessman in Melbourne. In 1965, he was appointed President of the Metropolitan Football League.

He died on 23 October 1989.