John Robson (Australian footballer)

John Robson
John Robson
Personal information
Full name	John Robson
Date of birth	12 July 1933
Date of death	25 February 2011 (aged 77)
Original team(s)	New Town
Height	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1956.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Last updated April 12, 2019

John Robson (12 July 1933 – 25 February 2011) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is a professional Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Between its inception in Richmond, Melbourne in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), winning two premierships. Richmond joined the Victorian Football League in 1908 and has since won eleven premierships, most recently in 2017.

The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club plays in the Australian Football League, the sport's premier league.

Notes

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 760. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links

John Robson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
John Robson at AustralianFootball.com

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[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 760. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.