Bruce Schultz (footballer)

Bruce Schultz
Personal information
Full name	Bruce Schultz
Date of birth	(1913-03-13)13 March 1913
Place of birth	Royston Park, South Australia
Date of death	11 January 1980(1980-01-11) (aged 66)
Place of death	Modbury, South Australia
Position(s)	Full-forward
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1933–1941	Norwood	124 (669)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1941.

Bruce Schultz (13 March 1913 – 11 January 1980) was an

Schultz is the

Tall and thin, Schultz was a strong aerialist and started out at Norwood in 1933. He topped Norwood's goal-kicking in both 1934 and 1935 but over the next three seasons was surpassed as his club's main forward by R. J. Brown.

His father, Julius 'Ern' Schultz, had represented the state as a

In 1939, he was back to his best for Norwood and kicked 98 goals for the season, with another 90 coming in 1940 when he was club captain. On both occasions he finished the year as the leading goal-kicker at Norwood. Despite his high numbers it still wasn't enough to top the league, with North Adelaide great Ken Farmer being in his prime.

Schultz finally got the better of Farmer in 1940 when he kicked exactly 100 goals for the year and won the league's goal-kicking award. He reached the milestone in Norwood's round 13 clash but moments after kicking the two goals he required, had to be taken off the field with a severe knee injury which ended his career.^[6] Before the injury he had been on track to beat the then season record of 134 goals by Farmer.^[7] He was nonetheless the first ever Norwood player to kick a century of goals and it remained their highest season tally until Neville Roberts kicked 111 goals in 1983.

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