Bruce Scharp
Bruce Wotherspoon Scharp was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton, Fitzroy and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League.
Family
The son of Louis Bernard Scharp, and Kate Stewart Scharp, née Wotherspoon, Scharp was born in Kew, Victoria on 24 May 1905.Scharp came from a family who were well known for their sporting prowess, with his father achieving great success as a bicycle rider including winning the Austral Wheel Race.
Scharp had an elder sister, Blanche Marshall, née Scharp, a younger brother Louis and younger sister Jean Eakins, née Scharp. Scharp also had elder twin half brothers Eric and Ivo Scharp from his father's first marriage to Blanche Scharp, née de la Fontaine.