Bob Wilkie (footballer) explained

Bob Wilkie
Fullname:Robert Lawrence Wilkie
Birth Date:3 July 1920
Birth Place:Ballarat, Victoria[1]
Death Place:Melbourne
Originalteam:St Kilda CYMS
Height:165 cm
Weight:65 kg
Position:Wing
Statsend:1951
Years1:1940–42, 1945–51
Games Goals1:117 (13)

Robert LawrenceWilkie (3 July 1920 – 9 September 2001)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3] In 1940 he weighed just 9 stone 6 pounds (60 kilograms) and was regarded as the lightest player in the league.[4]

During World War II he served with the RAAF.[5] In 1946 he married Dorothy Meehan, whose brothers, Jack and Tom, also played for St Kilda.

He later held various coaching and administrative posts at the St Kilda club.

His full-time job was with the Herald Sun newspaper. He lived in the Melbourne suburb of Cheltenham.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WW2 Nominal Roll. Government of Australia.
  2. Web site: Bob Wilkie - Player Bio. Australian Football. 9 May 2015.
  3. 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 . 951.
  4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11320927?searchTerm=%22“Bob%20wilkie”%22&searchLimits=notWords|||requestHandler|||anyWords|||l-state=Victoria|||exactPhrase=“Bob+wilkie”|||dateTo|||dateFrom|||sortby=dateAsc|||l-decade=194 The Argus, 19 July 1940, p.14
  5. https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=982847&c=WW2 ww2roll.gov.au