Rob McEwen (footballer)

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Rob McEwen
Personal information
Full name Robert Gordon McEwen
Date of birth (1926-10-23)23 October 1926
Place of birth North Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 24 January 1993(1993-01-24) (aged 66)
Original team(s) North Melbourne Colts
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1947 North Melbourne 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robert Gordon McEwen (23 October 1926 – 24 January 1993) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

McEwen enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force three weeks after his eighteenth birthday, serving from November 1944 until the end of World War II.[2]

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 575. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "World War II Roll: Robert Gordon McEwen". Department of Veterans Affairs.

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