Bob Hay (footballer, born 1880) explained

Bob Hay
Fullname:	Robert Hay
Birth Date:	2 March 1880
Birth Place:	Ardrossan, Scotland
Death Place:	Melbourne, Victoria
Originalteam:	Ormond College
Statsend:	1901
Years1:	1899–1901
Games Goals1:	9 (1)

Robert Hay (2 March 1880 – 27 December 1959) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of Presbyterian cleric George Hay (1843-1928),^[1] ^[2] and Elizabeth McKelvie Hay (1847-1926), née McKenzie,^[3] Robert Hay was born in Ardrossan, Scotland on 2 March 1880.

His younger brother, John McKenzie Hay (1886–1958), played with Collingwood in the VFL.^[4]

He married Alice Anderson Dobie (1889-1944) on 20 December 1912;^[5] they had four daughters, Ethel, Jean, Lorna, and Olive.

Education

He attended Scotch College, Melbourne. He graduated Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from the University of Melbourne on 11 May 1901.^[6]

Death

He died in Melbourne on 27 December 1959.^[7]

References

(GS): Scotch's first 66 VFL/AFL Players, Great Scot, (September 2010), Scotch College, Melbourne.
Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 8th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Notes and References

George Hay, M.A., was inducted as the pastor of the Rokewood Presbyterian Church on 7 December 1880: see Presbytery of Ballarat, The Ballarat Star, (Thursday, 2 December 1880), p.3.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3924003 Deaths: Hay, The Argus, (Wednesday, 11 April 1928), p.1
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202545517 Deaths: Hay, The Age, (Thursday, 9 September 1926), p.1.
GS (2010).
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10762237 Marriages: Hay—Dobie, The Argus, (Saturday, 25 January 1913), p.13
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10550240/325438 Commencement Day, The Argus, (Monday, 13 May 1901), p.6.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sqUUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Sq8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7174%2C4178191 Deaths: Hay, The Age, (Monday, 28 December 1959), p.9.