Bob Makeham | |||
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![]() Makeham during his Collingwood career | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Robert Makeham | ||
Date of birth | 6 November 1901 | ||
Place of birth | Welshpool, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 3 February 1974 | (aged 72)||
Place of death | Korumburra South, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Kernot | ||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1923–1932 | Collingwood | 157 (97) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Robert Michael Makeham (6 November 1901 – 3 February 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
He married Doris Mary McKinnon (1902–1989) on 12 September 1934, at Dandenong, Victoria. [1]
Recruited from the Kernot Football Club (the 1922 premiers) in the Bass Valley Football Association in southeastern Victoria. [2]
After being part of losing VFL Grand Finals in 1925 and 1926 he played in Collingwood premiership sides the next four seasons. [3]
A versatile player, Makeham played his early football as a centre-half forward and follower before settling into the half back and half forward flanks.
Makeham coached the Maryborough Football Club in the Bendigo Football League (BFL) in 1933, [4] in which they lost the 1933 BFL grand final to Sandhurst. [5] [6]
He died at Korumburra South on 3 February 1974. [7]
Bob Makeham | |||
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![]() Makeham during his Collingwood career | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Robert Makeham | ||
Date of birth | 6 November 1901 | ||
Place of birth | Welshpool, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 3 February 1974 | (aged 72)||
Place of death | Korumburra South, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Kernot | ||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1923–1932 | Collingwood | 157 (97) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Robert Michael Makeham (6 November 1901 – 3 February 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
He married Doris Mary McKinnon (1902–1989) on 12 September 1934, at Dandenong, Victoria. [1]
Recruited from the Kernot Football Club (the 1922 premiers) in the Bass Valley Football Association in southeastern Victoria. [2]
After being part of losing VFL Grand Finals in 1925 and 1926 he played in Collingwood premiership sides the next four seasons. [3]
A versatile player, Makeham played his early football as a centre-half forward and follower before settling into the half back and half forward flanks.
Makeham coached the Maryborough Football Club in the Bendigo Football League (BFL) in 1933, [4] in which they lost the 1933 BFL grand final to Sandhurst. [5] [6]
He died at Korumburra South on 3 February 1974. [7]