Bob Heatley

Robert Clive Heatley (6 July 1895 – 22 February 1973)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Bob Heatley
Personal information
Full name Robert Clive Heatley
Date of birth (1895-07-06)6 July 1895
Place of birth Carlton, Victoria
Date of death 22 February 1973(1973-02-22) (aged 77)
Place of death Kew, Victoria
Original team(s) Scotch College
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1914 University 4 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

After his brief football career Heatley served in France during World War I, being mentioned in despatches for acting "as a runner between Brigade Headquarters and Batteries invariably under heavy enemy shell fire".[3]

Sources
  1. "Great Scot". Scotch College. September 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 322. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.


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