Australian rules footballer
| 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 career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1904 | Collingwood | 2 (0) | |
| 1906 | Perth | 10 | |
| 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).
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. He also coached the latter.
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.
Notes
- 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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "Bob Burns". Collingwood Forever.
External links
- Bob Burns's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Bob Burns's profile at Collingwood Forever
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- 1884 births
- 1949 deaths
- Collingwood Football Club players
- Richmond Football Club (VFA) players
- Australian rules biography, 1884 birth stubs
- Perth Football Club players
- East Perth Football Club players
- East Perth Football Club coaches
- Australian medical doctors
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- Australian emigrants to Wales
- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Medical School