Bob Furler

Bob Furler
Personal information
Full name	Bobbie Mortimer Furler
Date of birth	28 June 1918
Date of death	13 August 1998(1998-08-13) (aged 80)
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1938–40	North Adelaide	26 (?)
1945	Hawthorn	06 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bobbie Mortimer Furler^[1] (28 June 1918 – 13 August 1998)^[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Furler, who was a nephew of North Adelaide champion Percy Furler started his career in South Australia, playing at North Adelaide where he won the Most Consistent player trophy in 1940.^[3] After a few years service in the RAAF and the Australian Army, he played with Hawthorn. Furler's next port of call was CANFL club Ainslie in Canberra. He captain-coached Ainslie to the premiership in 1947. He represented the territory at the 1947 Hobart Carnival, in section two, and shared the Tassie Medal with Les McClements.

References

1. FURLER BOBBIE MORTIMER
2. "Bob Furler – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
3. "North Adelaide Football Club". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 11 February 1941. p. 5. Retrieved 12 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

• Bob Furler's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Bob Furler at AustralianFootball.com