Bobby Thoms

Bobby Thoms
Personal information
Full name	Robert Thoms
Date of birth	(1909-07-15)15 July 1909
Place of birth	Brighton, Victoria
Date of death	6 February 2003(2003-02-06) (aged 93)
Original team(s)	Williamstown
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1937	St Kilda	6 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bobby Thoms (15 July 1909 – 6 February 2003) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Sandringham Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Football

The former Essendon footballer Clarrie Hearn was appointed captain-coach of Sandringham for the 1936 season. In June 1936, Hearn tendered his resignation, citing "pressure of business".^[2] Rather than seek another coach externally, Sandringham decided to split the coaching duties between the team's captain, Bob Thoms, as captain-coach, and its vice-captain, Bill Mitchell, as his assistant, for the rest of the season.^[3]

Notes

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.881.
2. "HEARN RESIGNS". The Argus. No. 28, 026. Victoria, Australia. 17 June 1936. p. 17.
3. "THOMS CAPTAIN-COACH". The Argus. No. 28, 032. Victoria, Australia. 24 June 1936. p. 12.

References

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

External links

• Bobby Thoms's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Bobby Thoms at AustralianFootball.com
• R. "Bob" Thoms, at The VFA Project.