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Here’s the thing. I don’t know Doc Reid, but I feel like I do such was his presence and time at EFC.
Very sad.
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2020 can officially get farked.
RIP Bomber legend
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AFL didn’t have the balls to take on the AMA with their bullish!t kangaroo court.
RIP- Legend
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RIP Reidy! Can’t imagine the place without you ever at training again.
RIP a great of the club.
The very definition of “Club Stalwart”. We are poorer for having lost him.
RIP Doc.
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RIP Doc, a true Essendon great.
Bugger. Seeya Doc. RIP.
From the members email
It is with deep sadness that the Essendon family mourns the loss of the Bombers’ and the League’s longest-serving club doctor Bruce Reid.
After a two-year battle with mesothelioma, the Essendon Hall of Fame Legend passed away at home with his family on Tuesday night. He was 75.
Reid’s League journey began at Hawthorn, where he played three VFL games across 1966 and ’67 before graduating in medicine in ’68 while playing for Preston in the VFA.
He began as a club doctor at Richmond from 1976, remaining at Punt Road until ‘79.
After former Richmond player Kevin Sheedy was appointed Essendon coach for the 1981 season, Reid and his Tigers colleague Dr Ian Reynolds joined him at Windy Hill in ’82. It would mark the start of Reid’s 39-year career in the red and black.
Over the years, Reid treated hundreds of players and their families, long after the players’ careers had ended. More than a doctor, he became a friend and confidant to generations of Bombers.
Along with his four decades of service to Essendon, he was the doctor for four Australian International Rules teams between 1987 and 2006 and three Victorian state teams over a 20-year period, and secretary of the AFL Medical Officers Association.
Reid’s contributions were recognised in 2009 when he was awarded an AFL Lifetime Achievement Award. A year later, the AFL jointly awarded the Jack Titus Medal to Reid and his colleague Reynolds for their services to the game.
Reid was inducted into the Essendon Hall of Fame in 2014, this week elevated to Legend status alongside Dustin Fletcher, Gavin Wanganeen and Neale Daniher.
President Paul Brasher said the club and the League had lost one of the game’s most popular, respected and well-loved characters.
“Today we mourn the passing of our longest-serving club doctor Bruce Reid, and we extend our sincere condolences to Bruce’s wonderful wife Judy, their five children and their extended family,” Brasher said.
“He was a loyal, dedicated and widely loved member of our club and his impact was vast. He was the League’s longest-serving doctor and he was proudly ours. Not only our club doctor for nearly 40 years, he was a friend and confidant to many generations of players and their families.
“Our club will honour Dr Bruce Reid and hold a service to commemorate his extraordinary life at a later date, and we will posthumously honour Bruce next year with his elevation to Legend in our prestigious Hall of Fame; a very fitting honour for a man who has had a profound impact on the Essendon Football Club. We will dearly miss you, Bruce.”
CEO Xavier Campbell said it was a deeply sad day for the Essendon Football Club.
“Bruce was a true champion within our football club. He meant more than he could have ever imagined to so many and he will be sorely missed within the Essendon family and broader community,” Campbell said.
“Bruce’s legacy and impact cannot be measured. His years of service were significant. But his care, compassion, humour and positivity can never be replaced. He was a confidant and true friend to so many.”
By any measure, Reid’s lifelong service to the Bombers, the AFL and the game in general has been exceptional, and he’ll be dearly missed.
Rest in peace, Bruce.
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Vale Doc Reid.
A club legend whose name will forevermore sit comfortably among those like Reynolds, Hird, Watson and Coleman.
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Never met him, but I teared up reading some of the tributes from past players.
By all accounts a lovely Essendon man who we are all going to miss greatly.
Love and best wishes to his family and many friends
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One of the greatest servants of EFC in all time.
Vale Doc Reid.
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Thanks for everything Doc, you were always there for the boys. RIP 
I met him at training the week before our final against Sydney. Had a really good conversation with him.
We need to make a statue of him to stand outside the hanger
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Has been there as long as I’ve loved this club. He is an Essendon institution.
RIP Dr Reid. Rest easy.
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Can we see a copy of the poem?
unfortunately it’s in storage at my parents place so I can’t access it easily 
EDIT - I did post the words on Blitz at the time, but I think it’s back in the archives somewhere
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Indeed; the very opposite of Demitriou.
RIP Bruce - club legend.
The price of great love is immense grief when their gone.
Love ya Doc, your pain is over. Enjoy the next life.
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