Bob Beecroft

Last updated

Bob Beecroft
Personal information
Date of birth (1952-01-11) 11 January 1952 (age 68)
Original team(s) Williams
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Playing career
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1970–1975 Swan Districts 126 (164)
1976–1980 Fitzroy 96 (291)
1981–1985 Woodville 86 (219)
Representative team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
1972–1979 Western Australia 8 (11)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bob Beecroft (born 11 January 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL), Swan Districts in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) and Woodville in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) during the 1970s and 1980s.

Beecroft made his debut with Swan Districts in 1970, playing 126 games as a ruckman, being named All Australian for his performance in the 1972 Perth Carnival and the Swan's Best and Fairest award. He played for Western Australia three years later and was recruited by Fitzroy for the following season. [1] [2]

As a key forward for the Lions, Beecroft topped their goalkicking list four times with a best of 87 goals in 1979 which was at the time a club record. He kicked 10 goals in a match twice and by the end of his short VFL career he had managed 291 goals. [3]

He returned to the SANFL with Woodville, where he played 86 games, kicking 219 goals.

Beecroft finished his career at the Encounter Bay Football Club where he coached the Bays to the 1989 premiership.

Related Research Articles

Haydn Bunton Sr. Australian rules footballer

Haydn William Bunton was an Australian rules footballer who represented Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL), Subiaco in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), and Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) during the 1930s and 1940s.

Robert Walls is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Carlton and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s and 1970s. In a playing career that spanned three decades Robert played a combined 259 games and kicked a total of 444 goals. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s he continued to coach in the VFL/AFL for a total of 347 games across four different clubs. As a coach, his greatest achievement came in 1987 when he coached Carlton to the 1987 VFL premiership, the same club he won premierships with as player in 1968, 1970 and 1972. After his coaching career ended, Walls became involved in the AFL media as a commentator and columnist. Walls was also a grade 4 teacher at Park Orchards Primary School at the time that he was a coach.

Woodville Football Club

Woodville Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) from 1964 to 1990, when it merged in 1991 with the West Torrens Football Club to form the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles.

West Torrens Football Club

West Torrens Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) from 1897 to 1990. In 1991, the club merged with neighbouring Woodville Football Club to form the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles.

William Stephen was an Australian rules footballer with Fitzroy Football Club. He also coached Fitzroy and Essendon.

Bradley Gotch is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy and St Kilda in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). He is currently the Academy Coach at Collingwood Football Club.

Garry Thomas Sidebottom was an Australian rules football player who played for the St Kilda, Geelong and Fitzroy Football Clubs in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) during the 1970s and 1980s.

Scott Bamford is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy, Brisbane, and Geelong in the Australian Football League and for North Adelaide (roosters) in the South Australian National Football League.

Arthur John Duckworth is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL), West Perth in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL), and Central District in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He is the older brother of former Essendon footballer Billy Duckworth.

Graham Joseph Ramshaw was a leading Australian rules footballer, playing for Perth Football Club in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL), Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Central District in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Glynn Maxwell Hewitt is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1970s.

Kevin James Taylor is a former Indigenous Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL), East Fremantle and Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Raymond Keith Huppatz is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Woodville and Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Scott Morphett is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Woodville-West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Phil Smith was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL), West Perth in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL) and Woodville Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Matthew Rendell is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League and South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

John Fidge is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s. He also played for Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Larry John Watson is a former Australian rules football player who played with Essendon and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Craig Braddy is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and the Sydney Swans in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s.

Laurie James Richards is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Perth in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL), Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Woodville in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

References

  1. ↑ "WA Two Hundred Club Player Members". West Australian Football Commission. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Western Australian Interstate Football Representatives 1904 - 2011". West Australian Football Commission. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Blast from the Past - Bob Beecroft". Brisbane Lions AFC. 28 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.