Robert Fox (footballer) explained

Robert Fox
Fullname:Robert Fox
Birth Date:2 November 1931
Originalteam:Yark, Thornton
Height:189 cm
Weight:79 kg
Statsend:1957
Years1:1955–1957
Club1:Essendon
Games Goals1:52 (34)

Robert Fox (born 2 November 1931) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Fox won Yark Football Club's best and fairest in 1951.[1] and won the Hume Highway Football League's best and fairest award in 1952.[2]

Fox hailed from Yarck but was recruited to Essendon via Thornton. He kicked 24 goals from 19 games for Essendon in the 1955 VFL season, three of which came in the semi-final against Geelong.[3]

His last game for Essendon was the 1957 VFL Grand Final, which he played as a centre half-forward, in a losing team.[4]

He then decided to return to the country and played at Alexandra in 1958. At the end of the year he retired, but later made some appearances for the Katunga Football Club.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1951 - Yarck FC . Alexandra Standard and Yarck, Gobur, Thornton, Taggerty and Acheron Express (Vic) . 21 March 2024 . 2 . 19 October 1951.
  2. Web site: 1952 - Yark FC . Alexandra Standard and Yarck, Gobur, Thornton, Taggerty and Acheron Express (Vic) . 21 March 2024 . 3 . 17 October 1952.
  3. Web site: AFL Tables: Robert Fox . afltables.com.
  4. Book: Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 978-1-920910-78-5.
  5. Web site: Fox, W. Robert. Essendon Football Club. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110317165530/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/player-past.asp?id=327. 17 March 2011. dmy-all.