Bob Makeham Explained

Bob Makeham
Fullname:Robert Makeham
Birth Date:6 November 1901
Birth Place:Welshpool, Victoria
Death Place:Korumburra South, Victoria
Originalteam:Kernot
Height:185 cm
Weight:85 kg
Statsend:1932
Years1:1923–1932
Club1:Collingwood
Games Goals1:157 (97)

Robert Michael Makeham (6 November 1901 – 3 February 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

He married Doris Mary McKinnon (1902–1989) on 12 September 1934, at Dandenong, Victoria.[1]

Football

Recruited from the Kernot Football Club (the 1922 premiers) in the Bass Valley Football Association in southeastern Victoria.[2]

Collingwood (VFL)

After being part of losing VFL Grand Finals in 1925 and 1926 he played in Collingwood premiership sides the next four seasons.[3]

A versatile player, Makeham played his early football as a centre-half forward and follower before settling into the half back and half forward flanks.

Maryborough (BFL)

Makeham coached the Maryborough Football Club in the Bendigo Football League (BFL) in 1933,[4] in which they lost the 1933 BFL grand final to Sandhurst.[5] [6]

Death

He died at Korumburra South on 3 February 1974.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10956933 Weddings in Town and Country: Makeham—McKinnon, The Argus, (Thursday, 13 September 1934), p. 14.
  2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183958907 Sharland, W.S., "Collingwood's Country Giant: Consistent Play of Bob Makeham", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 11. August 1928), p. 6.
  3. Collingwood Forever.
  4. Web site: 1933 - Opening Football Matches Draw Big Crowds . The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic) . 16 May 2024 . 26 . 8 May 1933.
  5. Web site: 1933 - EASY WIN FOR SANDHURST . The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic) . 16 May 2024 . 27 . 16 October 1933.
  6. Web site: 1933 - BENDIGO FOOTBALL . Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic) . 16 May 2024 . 3 . 14 October 1933.
  7. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u5wQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wJADAAAAIBAJ&pg=7199%2C917664 Deaths: Makeham, The Age, (Monday, 4 February 1974), p. 14.