Bob Hay (footballer, born 1938) explained

Bob Hay
Fullname:Robert Kent Hay
Birth Date:13 June 1938
Birth Place:Burnie, Tasmania
Originalteam:Longford
Height:188 cm
Weight:83 kg
Position:Ruck / Half Forward
Statsend:1961
Years1:1960–61
Games Goals1:17 (4)

Bob Hay (born 13 June 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Early life

Bob Hay was born in Burnie in 1938 to Mr and Mrs Ronald Hay.[2] He grew up in Deloraine and attended the local Area School.[3] [4] As a teenager, he was fortunate that his involvement in a motorcycle accident left him only shaken and not badly injured.[5]

Football career

Hay played with Longford in the NTFA during the mid to late 1950s and was coached by Fred Davies.

He then joined St Kilda in 1960.

Hay was captain-coach of Rutherglen in the Ovens & Murray Football League from 1962 to 1965.

When he returned to Tasmania, Hay played with Launceston in the NTFA during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 377.
  2. News: Family Notices . . Tasmania, Australia . 15 June 1938 . 16 July 2022 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: SCHOOL OF NEW TYPE . . CLXX . 25,228 . Tasmania, Australia . 29 October 1951 . 16 July 2022 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: SUNDAY SCHOOL CONCERT . . CIX . 144 . Tasmania, Australia . 23 November 1950 . 16 July 2022 . 11 (The Examiner WOMEN'S SECTION) . National Library of Australia.
  5. News: Three Injured In Accidents . . CXIII . 83 . Tasmania, Australia . 17 June 1954 . 16 July 2022 . 4 . National Library of Australia.