Reuben John Reid (16 January 1903 – 31 July 1987) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 737.
Family The son of John Reid (1852–1937),Deaths: Reid, The (Burnie) Advocate, (Saturday, 14 August 1937), p. 2. and Rhoda Reid (1873–1931), née King,Deaths: Reid, The (Launceston) Examiner, (Thursday, 17 December 1931), p. 1. Reuben John Reid was born at Northdown, Tasmania on 16 January 1903.
He married Dorothy Rubeena Francis Shepherd (1908–1983) in 1929.Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.11671/1929. His grandson, Scott Anthony Reid (1967–2018), a lawyer, made considerable contribution to the development of Australian rules football in Papua New Guinea and in Samoa.Vale – Scott Anthony Reid (1 June 1967 – 26 July 2018), Melbourne High School Old Boys Association.Thompson, Troy, "Vale Scot Reid, self appointed footy missionary", World Footy News, Thursday, 1 August 2019.
Football Richmond (VFL) A Centre half-back, Reid was recruited from the Latrobe Football Club in Tasmania's North West Football Union.Latrobe Club, The (Launceston) Daily Telegraph, (Friday, 11 April 1924), p. 7. His career at Richmond was interrupted twice: by a three week suspension in 1924, and by a leg injury he sustained in the match against the Ararat Football Club of the Ballarat Football League at Ararat on 25 July 1925, which kept him out of the last six home-and-away games of the 1925 season.Hogan (1996), pp. 185, 283, 286.Richmond Players Injured, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Tuesday, 28 July 1925), p. 5.Richmond's Misfortune, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 29 July 1925), p.10.Chum Reid, The Richmond Guardian, (Saturday, 24 April 1926), p. 3.
21 June 1924 Following the rough, spiteful, and congested match against Carlton, at Princes Park, on 21 June 1924 Richmond 5.8 (38) to Carlton's 3.19 (28) Richmond's Donald Don was reported for charging Carlton's full-forward, Newton Chandler, Reid was reported for two offences, for charging Carlton's Horrie Clover, and for charging Carlton's Alex Duncan; and Alex Duncan was reported for three offences, for kicking Richmond's George Rudolph, for striking Reid, and for "making an offensive motion towards Boundary Umpire Johnson".Players Suspended: Blow to Richmond: Don's Severe Sentence, The Age, (Friday, 27 June 1924), p.7. The match report noted that "at times the game was little better than a scramble, the bumping heavy, and not always fair, and though three players have been reported, it would have occasioned no surprise if at least two others had to face the investigative tribunal".Richmond Win Again: Three Players Reported, The Argus, (Monday, 23 June 1924), p.16.
The tribunal hearing took place on 26 June 1924, under the chairmanship of VFL President (and Carlton delegate) Walter Baldwin Spencer, assisted by the St Kilda delegate, Harry Duigan, and the former champion sprinter (100 yards in 10 seconds)'Lynx', "Victoria's Champion Sprinters: Moir was Brilliant", The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 4 August 1917), p. 21. and lawyer George Allen Moir.Former Athlete Dies—80, The Argus, (Monday, 20 June 1955), p. 19. Don was disqualified for the rest of the season; Reid was disqualified for three games for charging Clover, and was exonerated of the offence of charging Duncan; and, to the astonishment of many, Duncan was found not guilty of all three charges.Charges of Rough Play: Two Players Disqualified, The Argus, (Friday, 27 June 1924), p.5.Don and Reid Disqualified: Duncan's Case Dismissed, The Richmond Guardian, (Saturday, 28 June 1924), p.3.
Brunswick (VFA) During the 1926 season he transferred to VFA side Brunswick.The VFA Project. He later played and coached the Tramways team and worked as a tram driver.Tigerland Archive.
Death He died at the Little Company of Mary Hospice in South Caulfield on 31 July 1987.Deaths: Reid, The Age, (Saturday, 1 August 1987), p.35.
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References Hogan P: The Tigers of Old: A complete History of Every Player to Represent the Richmond Football Club between 1908 and 1996, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996.
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