Bob Watt (footballer) explained
| Bob Watt |
| Fullname: | Robert Maxwell Watt[1] |
| Birth Date: | 21 April 1933 |
| Birth Place: | South Melbourne, Victoria |
| Death Place: | South Caulfield |
| Originalteam: | Caulfield City |
| Height: | 188 cm |
| Weight: | 85 kg |
| Position: | Ruck / Defence |
| Statsend: | 1957 |
| Years1: | 1952–57 |
| Games Goals1: | 46 (10) |
Robert Maxwell Watt[2] (21 April 1933 – 15 January 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]
Family
The son of William John Watt (1911-1985), and Flora Emily Watt (1914-1995), née McNamara, Robert Maxwell Watt was born at South Melbourne, Victoria on 21 April 1933.
He married Barbara Dorothy Turner (?-2006) in 1958.[4] The AFLW footballer Rhiannon Watt is his granddaughter.[5]
Football
St Kilda (VFL)
He made his debut for St Kilda against Fitzroy, at the Junction Oval, in the final match of the 1952 season, on 30 Aug 1952.[6] [7] He played in 46 games (kicking 10 goals) for the St Kilda First XVIII over six seasons (1952 to 1957).[8] [9]
Death
He died at South Caulfield on 15 January 1984.[10]
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.
Notes and References
- Web site: Robert Maxwell Watt . Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.
- Note that quite a number of the newspaper reports (such as http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205716279). mistakenly have him as "R. Watts".
- Holmesby & Main (2014), pp. 929.
- Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Registration No.2205/1958.
- https://www.saints.com.au/news/1144847/thanks-for-everything-rhi "Thanks for everything, Rhi", saints.com.au, 7 June 2022.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206222409 Attack Changes Made by South, THe Age, (Friday, 29 August 1952), p. 14.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206222429 League Teams: St. Kilda v. F'roy, The Age, (Friday, 29 August 1952), p. 13.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23262977 League Teams: St. Kilda (photograph), The Argus, (Friday, 21 August 1953), p. 17.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23424484 St. Kilda (photograph), The Argus, (Friday, 23 July 1954), p. 19.
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K1BVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=epUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6673%2C328959 Deaths: Watt, The Age, (Tuesday, 17 January 1984), p. 14.
