Bob Dawson (footballer) explained

Bob Dawson
Fullname:Robert James Dawson
Birth Date:3 January 1921
Birth Place:Elmore, Victoria, Australia
Originalteam:Elmore[1]
Height:169 cm
Weight:67 kg
Statsend:1941
Years1:1941
Club1:St Kilda
Games Goals1:4 (0)

Robert James Dawson (3 January 1921 – 31 July 2023) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda F.C. in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Biography

Dawson came from Elmore and spent just one year at St Kilda, playing four games in the 1941 VFL season.[3] The following year, he enlisted in the Australian Army and served overseas during the war.[4]

He had considerable success in country football, with best and fairest awards in three different Victorian leagues.[5]

In 1946, the same year he returned from the war, he played for Elmore in the Bendigo Football League and won the Michelsen Medal.

He then coached Tongala in the Goulburn Valley Football League, where he was awarded a Morrison Medal in 1950.[6]

Dawson coached Tongala Football Club Thirds for 18 years and the Goulburn Valley Football League Thirds premiership trophy is called the Dawson Cup.

He turned 100 in 2021.[7] Dawson died on 31 July 2023, at the age of 102.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Holmesby, Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 978-1-920910-78-5.
  2. Web site: 2023-08-11 . Vale, Bob Dawson and Jeff Hilton . 2023-08-20 . saints.com.au . en.
  3. http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/B/Bob_Dawson.html AFL Tables: Bob Dawson
  4. Web site: WW2 Nominal Roll. Government of Australia. 8 November 2015. 12 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161012194727/http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=479751. dead.
  5. The Argus, "Hard pressed", 16 May 1952, p. 8
  6. The Argus, "Tatura Will Stage Finals", 25 April 1952, p. 7
  7. News: Dawson reaches the ton. 5 January 2021. registration.