Bob_Atkinson_(footballer,_born_1930)

Bob Atkinson (footballer, born 1930)

Bob Atkinson (footballer, born 1930)

Australian rules footballer

Bob Atkinson (27 April 1930 – 13 April 2017[1]) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

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Recruited from Port Melbourne Football Club in 1952, he played his first match for the St Kilda First XVIII in round 14, against Melbourne, on 26 July 1952.[3]

He transferred to South Melbourne in 1953.[4]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Lovett, Michael (ed.). AFL Record Season 2018. p. 1198. ISBN 9781865133430.
  2. [2]
    Holmesby & Main (2014), p.31.
  3. [3]
    Saints find a Star, The Argus, (Monday, 28 July 1952), p.9.
  4. [4]
    League Football Lists: St. Kilda, The Age, (Monday, 13 April 1953), p.12

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.


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