Bob Addison

Bob Addison
Personal information
Full name Robert Newman Addison
Date of birth 18 July 1908
Place of birth Newport, Victoria
Date of death 8 March 1988(1988-03-08) (aged 79)
Place of death Footscray, Victoria
Height 157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1931 Footscray 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robert Newman Addison (18 July 1908 – 8 March 1988)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played one game for the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1931.[2]

Family

The son of Robert Addison (1883-1954),[3] and Elizabeth Jane Addison (1890-1976), née Bridges, Robert Newman Addison was born at Newport, Victoria on 18 July 1908.

He married Alice Evelyn Johnson (1918-1999) in 1938.

Football

His solitary game came against Hawthorn in round 1. He did not kick a goal.

After playing for Spotswood in 1932, Addison crossed to Williamstown in the VFA in 1933 and played 27 games and kicked 33 goals. He was leading goalscorer at Williamstown in 1933 with a total of 23.

He was cleared to the South Bendigo Football Club in the Bendigo Football League in 1934.[4][5][6]

Death

He died at Footscray, Victoria on 8 March 1988.

References

  1. ^ "Bob Addison - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. ^ Main, Jim; Holmesby, Russell (1992). The Encyclopedia of League Footballers. Melbourne, Victoria: Wilkinson Books. p. 3. ISBN 1-86337-085-4.
  3. ^ Deaths: Addison, The Age, (Thursday, 23 September 1954), p.11.
  4. ^ League Grants Many Permits, The Argus, (Thursday, 28 June 1934), p.14.
  5. ^ South Bendigo Team, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 8 June 1935), p.37.
  6. ^ Matches in Country: Bendigo, The Argus, (Monday, 4 May 1936), p.15.


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