Bob Walker (footballer, born 1891) explained

Bob Walker
Fullname:	Robert Walker
Birth Date:	4 July 1891
Birth Place:	Buln Buln, Victoria
Death Place:	Frankston, Victoria
Originalteam:	Footscray (VFA)
Height:	180 cm
Weight:	80 kg
Position:	Ruck
Statsend:	1920
Years1:	1913–15, 1919–20
Games Goals1:	51 (17)

Robert Walker (4 July 1891 – 23 August 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of William John Walker, and Mary Jane Walker, née Spong,^[2] Robert Walker was born at Buln Buln, Victoria on 4 July 1891.

He married Ivy Gledhill on 3 November 1917.^[3]

Death

He died at Frankston, Victoria on 23 August 1965.^[4]

References

• 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.
• Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
• M.A.P.. Contests, The Leader, (Saturday, 31 July 1915), p.20.

External links

• • Bob Walker's profile at Australianfootball.com

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.915.
2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59575439 Marriages: Walker—Spong, The (Collingwood and Fitzroy) Mercury and Weekly Courier, (Saturday, 11 January 1879), p.2
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90858763 Marriages: Walker—Gledhill, The Leader, (Saturday, 8 December 1917), p.59.
4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tYYQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9JQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7235%2C4094441 Deaths: Walker, The Age, (Tuesday, 24 August 1965), p.17.