| Bob Burns | |
| Fullname: | Robert Edward James Burns |
| Birth Date: | 3 June 1884 |
| Birth Place: | Collingwood, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Abertillery, Wales |
| Originalteam: | Richmond (VFA) |
| Height: | 175 cm |
| Weight: | 78 kg |
| Statsend: | 1904 |
| Years1: | 1904 |
| Games Goals1: | 2 (0) |
| Games Goals2: | 10 |
| Years2: | 1906 |
Robert Edward James Burns (3 June 1884 – 16 August 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
After playing two games for Collingwood in 1904, Burns moved to Perth to teach at the Christian Brothers College and played in Western Australia for Perth and East Perth.[2] He also coached the latter.[3]
Burns then left the country to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh, before moving again to become a doctor in Abertillery in Monmouthshire, Wales.[4]