John Hyde (footballer)

John Charles Arthur Hyde (11 April 1930 – 26 March 2020) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for the Geelong Football Club.

John Hyde
Personal information
Full name	John Charles Arthur Hyde[1]
Date of birth	11 April 1930
Date of death	26 March 2020(2020-03-26) (aged 89)
Original team(s)	Portarlington
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1948–1954	Geelong	108 (12)
1955–1956	Claremont	037 0(?)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1956.
Career highlights
Geelong Best & Fairest 1950 Geelong Premiership 1951, 1952 Claremont Best & Fairest 1955
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Originally from Portarlington, Victoria, Hyde won Geelong's best and fairest award in 1950 before playing in their back-to-back premierships in 1951 and 1952.^[2] Hyde left Victoria after the 1954 VFL season to join Claremont in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL) as captain-coach.^[3]

Hyde died of cancer on 26 March 2020.^[4]

His son, John Norman Hyde, was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2013.