Bob Atkinson (footballer, born 1930)

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Bob Atkinson
Personal information
Full name Bob Atkinson
Date of birth (1930-04-27)27 April 1930
Date of death 13 April 2017(2017-04-13) (aged 86)
Original team(s) Port Melbourne
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1952 St Kilda 3 (3)
1953–55 South Melbourne 17 (3)
Total 20 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1955.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bob Atkinson (27 April 1930 – 13 April 2017[1]) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Football[edit]

Recruited from Port Melbourne Football Club in 1952, he played his first match for the St Kilda First XVIII in round 14, against Melbourne, on 26 July 1952.[3]

He transferred to South Melbourne in 1953.[4]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Lovett, Michael (ed.). AFL Record Season 2018. p. 1198. ISBN 9781865133430.
  2. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.31.
  3. ^ Saints find a Star, The Argus, (Monday, 28 July 1952), p.9.
  4. ^ League Football Lists: St. Kilda, The Age, (Monday, 13 April 1953), p.12

References[edit]

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

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