Bob Atkinson (footballer, born 1930)

Bob Atkinson
Personal information
Full name	Bob Atkinson
Date of birth	(1930-04-27)27 April 1930
Date of death	13 April 2017(2017-04-13) (aged 86)
Original team(s)	Port Melbourne
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1952	St Kilda	3 (3)
1953–55	South Melbourne	17 (3)
Total		20 (6)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1955.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bob Atkinson (27 April 1930 – 13 April 2017^[1]) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

Football

Recruited from Port Melbourne Football Club in 1952, he played his first match for the St Kilda First XVIII in round 14, against Melbourne, on 26 July 1952.^[3]

He transferred to South Melbourne in 1953.^[4]

Notes

1. Lovett, Michael (ed.). AFL Record Season 2018. p. 1198. ISBN 9781865133430.
2. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.31.
3. Saints find a Star, The Argus, (Monday, 28 July 1952), p.9.
4. League Football Lists: St. Kilda, The Age, (Monday, 13 April 1953), p.12

References

• Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links

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