Bob Vagg (footballer)

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Bob Vagg
Personal information
Full name Robert N. Vagg [1]
Date of birth (1941-04-03) 3 April 1941 (age 80)
Original team(s) Echuca
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1964–1965 Hawthorn 3 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robert "Bob" Vagg (born 3 April 1941 in Colac, Victoria) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Hawthorn recruited Vagg on the back of his Michelsen Medal winning season for Echuca in 1963. He appeared in three of the first four rounds of the 1964 VFL season but from then on struggled with injuries. [2] A defender, he returned to the Bendigo Football League once his time at Hawthorn came to an end and went on to play over 200 games for Echuca before retiring in the 1970s. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN   978-1-920910-78-5.
  2. ↑ AFL Tables: Bob Vagg
  3. ↑ The Age ,"Golden Square has edge at home", 5 July 1973, p. 35
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