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]
| Bob Wilkie | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Robert Lawrence Wilkie | ||
| Date of birth | 3 July 1920 | ||
| Place of birth | Ballarat, Victoria[1] | ||
| Date of death | 9 September 2001 (aged 81) | ||
| Place of death | Melbourne | ||
| Original team(s) | St Kilda CYMS | ||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Wing | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1940–42, 1945–51 | St Kilda | 117 (13) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1951. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
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
edit- ^ "WW2 Nominal Roll". Government of Australia.
- ^ "Bob Wilkie - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 951. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ The Argus, 19 July 1940, p.14
- ^ ww2roll.gov.au
External links
edit- Bob Wilkie's playing statistics from AFL Tables