Bernie Jones

Bernie Jones (3 May 1953 – 20 June 2022) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn and Essendon in the VFL during the 1970s.^[2]

Bernie Jones
Personal information
Full name	Bernard Matthew Jones
Date of birth	(1953-05-03)3 May 1953
Date of death	20 June 2022(2022-06-20) (aged 69)[1]
Original team(s)	De La Salle
Height	197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1973–1977	Hawthorn	65 (31)
1978	Essendon	13 (11)
1979–1980	Hawthorn	08 0(1)
Total		86 (43)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1980.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

A ruckman, Jones played in two Grand Finals in his first stint with Hawthorn, the first in 1975 which they lost and the other the following season which they won. In 1978 he crossed to Essendon for the season before returning to Hawthorn where he played until his retirement in 1980.

Jones's son, Dylan, played for the Sandringham Football Club in the Victorian Football League in 2010.