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Bob Burns (footballer)

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Bob Burns
Burns in 1904
Personal information
Full name Robert Edward James Burns
Date of birth (1884-06-03)3 June 1884
Place of birth Collingwood, Victoria
Date of death 16 August 1949(1949-08-16) (aged 65)
Place of death Abertillery, Wales
Original team(s) Richmond (VFA)
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1904 Collingwood 2 (0)
1906 Perth 10
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robert Edward James Burns (3 June 1884 – 16 August 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

After playing two games for Collingwood in 1904, Burns moved to Perth to teach at the Christian Brothers College and played in Western Australia for Perth and East Perth.[2] He also coached the latter.[3]

Burns then left the country to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh, before moving again to become a doctor in Abertillery in Monmouthshire, Wales.[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Football: East Perth Club". The Daily News (Perth, Western Australia). Vol. XXXII, no. 11762. Western Australia. 4 March 1913. p. 6. Retrieved 18 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Football: Australian Game". The West Australian. Vol. XXVII, no. 7787. Western Australia. 15 March 1911. p. 8. Retrieved 18 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Bob Burns". Collingwood Forever.
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