Bob Watt (footballer)

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Bob Watt
Personal information
Full name Robert Maxwell Watt [1]
Date of birth(1933-04-21)21 April 1933
Place of birth South Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 15 January 1984(1984-01-15) (aged 50)
Place of death South Caulfield
Original team(s) Caulfield City
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Position(s) Ruck / Defence
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1952–57 St Kilda 46 (10)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1957.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robert Maxwell Watt [2] (21 April 1933 – 15 January 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [3]

Contents

Family

The son of William John Watt (1911-1985), and Flora Emily Watt (1914-1995), née McNamara, Robert Maxwell Watt was born at South Melbourne, Victoria on 21 April 1933.

He married Barbara Dorothy Turner (?-2006) in 1958. [4] The AFLW footballer Rhiannon Watt is his granddaughter. [5]

Football

St Kilda (VFL)

He made his debut for St Kilda against Fitzroy, at the Junction Oval, in the final match of the 1952 season, on 30 Aug 1952. [6] [7] He played in 46 games (kicking 10 goals) for the St Kilda First XVIII over six seasons (1952 to 1957). [8] [9]

Death

He died at South Caulfield on 15 January 1984. [10]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Robert Maxwell Watt". Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.
  2. ↑ Note that quite a number of the newspaper reports (such as ). mistakenly have him as "R. Watts".
  3. ↑ Holmesby & Main (2014), pp. 929.
  4. ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Registration No.2205/1958.
  5. ↑ "Thanks for everything, Rhi", saints.com.au, 7 June 2022.
  6. ↑ Attack Changes Made by South, THe Age, (Friday, 29 August 1952), p. 14.
  7. ↑ League Teams: St. Kilda v. F'roy, The Age, (Friday, 29 August 1952), p. 13.
  8. ↑ League Teams: St. Kilda (photograph), The Argus, (Friday, 21 August 1953), p. 17.
  9. ↑ St. Kilda (photograph), The Argus, (Friday, 23 July 1954), p. 19.
  10. ↑ Deaths: Watt, The Age, (Tuesday, 17 January 1984), p. 14.

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