Bob Hempel

Bob Hempel (born 9 November 1936) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Bob Hempel
Personal information
Full name Robert William Hempel
Date of birth (1936-11-09) 9 November 1936
Original team(s) Yarraville
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1955-57 Yarraville (VFA) 10 (14)
1957 Footscray 02 0(2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1957.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

After leaving Footscray, he played country football with Benalla, Euroa and Wangaratta Rovers, being selected in the Ovens & Murray League representative teams on several occasions.[2]

In the 1980s, Hempel created ‘Kellyland’, a 40-minute animated show depicting Ned Kelly’s Last Stand, located in Glenrowan.

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 386. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "Give the Hemps a go..." KB Hill.
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