Bob Walker (footballer, born 1891)

Bob Walker
Personal information
Full name Robert Walker
Date of birth (1891-07-04)4 July 1891
Place of birth Buln Buln, Victoria
Date of death 23 August 1965(1965-08-23) (aged 74)
Place of death Frankston, Victoria
Original team(s) Footscray (VFA)
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s) Ruck
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1913–15, 1919–20 Essendon 51 (17)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1920.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robert Walker (4 July 1891 – 23 August 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of William John Walker, and Mary Jane Walker, née Spong,[2] Robert Walker was born at Buln Buln, Victoria on 4 July 1891.

He married Ivy Gledhill on 3 November 1917.[3]

Death

He died at Frankston, Victoria on 23 August 1965.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.915.
  2. ^ Marriages: Walker—Spong, The (Collingwood and Fitzroy) Mercury and Weekly Courier, (Saturday, 11 January 1879), p.2
  3. ^ Marriages: Walker—Gledhill, The Leader, (Saturday, 8 December 1917), p.59.
  4. ^ Deaths: Walker, The Age, (Tuesday, 24 August 1965), p.17.

References

  • 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.
  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
  • M.A.P.. Contests, The Leader, (Saturday, 31 July 1915), p.20.


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