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Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Robbert Klomp
Personal information
Full name Robbert Jan Klomp
Nickname(s) Clippity
Date of birth (1955-05-14) 14 May 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Heerenveen, Netherlands
Original team(s) Heathfield-Aldgate United
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1973–78, 1985 Sturt 205 (173)
1979–83 Carlton 84 (17)
1983–84 Footscray 9 (3)
Total 298 (193)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1977–?? South Australia 7
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1985.
Career highlights
  • Sturt premiership player, 1974, 1976
  • Carlton premiership player, 1979, 1982
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robbert Klomp (born 14 May 1955) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), and with Carlton and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Klomp was born in the Netherlands and raised in South Australia. He began playing for Sturt in 1973 and was a key contributor to their premierships in 1974 and 1976.

He was one of the best players on the ground in the 1976 SANFL Grand Final, kicking 2 goals from centre half-forward and creating several more for his teammates with clever handpasses.

Klomp was signed by VFL club Carlton during the summer of 1978/79 and made an immediate impact in his first season with the Blues on the half-back flank. He played every game of Carlton's 1979 premiership season, finishing equal 7th in the Brownlow Medal with 13 votes and accumulating 20 possessions in both finals while minding dangerous opponents Russell Ebert and Rene Kink.

He suffered a severe hamstring injury midway through the 1981 season and had to watch Carlton's victorious Grand Final from the sidelines. But he returned the following year to play all but one game of Carlton's 1982 premiership season and was an integral member of the league's stingiest defence.

A recurrence of hamstring injuries curtailed Klomp's VFL career. After 84 games at Carlton, he transferred to Footscray in June 1983, where he managed to play just 9 games in his two seasons there.

He returned to Adelaide in 1985, where he played another three years with Sturt and retired at the end of the 1987 season after 205 games in the SANFL.

During his career, he also played seven State of Origin games for South Australia.

Klomp's brother Kim played for SANFL clubs Sturt and North Adelaide.

After his playing career, he served as a boundary rider.

Statistics

Legend
  G   Goals   K   Kicks   D   Disposals    T   Tackles
  B   Behinds    H   Handballs    M   Marks
  #   Played in that season's 
premiership team		   †   Led the league for 
the season
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
1979 Carlton 22 24 2 3 227 208 435 85 – 0.1 0.1 9.5 8.7 18.1 3.5 – 13
1980 Carlton 22 23 8 5 202 191 393 91 – 0.3 0.2 8.8 8.3 17.1 4.0 – 3
1981 Carlton 22 10 1 2 99 57 156 30 – 0.1 0.2 9.9 5.7 15.6 3.0 – 1
1982 Carlton 22 24 6 5 179 130 309 67 – 0.3 0.2 7.5 5.4 12.9 2.8 – 0
1983 Carlton 22 3 0 1 12 11 23 5 – 0.0 0.3 4.0 3.7 7.7 1.7 – 0
1983 Footscray 21 8 3 0 47 58 105 23 – 0.4 0.0 5.9 7.3 13.1 2.9 – 0
1984 Footscray 21 1 0 0 8 4 12 4 – 0.0 0.0 8.0 4.0 12.0 4.0 – 0
Career 93 20 16 774 659 1433 305 – 0.2 0.2 8.3 7.1 15.4 3.3 – 17

Notes

References

  1. "Other Nationalities Team of the 20th century". Full Points Footy. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011.
  2. 1989 State of Origin - Victoria vs South Australia, retrieved 26 October 2023
  3. "Robbert Klomp". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

External links

Sturt Football Club • 1974 SANFL premiers
Sturt 9.16 (70) defeated Glenelg 8.7 (55), at Football Park, crowd: 58,113
Full-forward
Half-forward
Centre
Half-back
Full-back
Ruck
Reserves
  • Robert Barton
  • Trevor Sims
Coach
Sturt Football Club • 1976 SANFL premiers
Sturt 17.14 (116) defeated Port Adelaide 10.15 (75), at Football Park, crowd: 66,897
Full-forward
  • Trevor Sims
  • Greg Wild
  • Robert Barton
Half-forward
Centre
Half-back
Full-back
  • Nigel Wark
  • Colin Casey
  • Geoff Lauder
Ruck
Reserves
  • Phil Heinrich
  • Richard Hill
Coach
Carlton Football Club 1979 VFL premiers
Carlton 11.16 (82) defeated Collingwood 11.11 (77), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Coach: Jesaulenko
Carlton Football Club 1982 VFL premiers
Carlton 14.19 (103) defeated Richmond 12.13 (85), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Coach: Parkin
1980 All-Australian team
Coach
South Australia
  • Peter Carey (Glenelg)
  • Graham Cornes (Glenelg)
  • Rick Davies (Sturt) (Captain)
  • Robbert Klomp (Carlton)
  • Keith Kuhlmann (Glenelg)
  • Greg Phillips (Port Adelaide)
  • John Roberts (South Melbourne)
  • Mark Williams (Port Adelaide)
    • Tasmania
  • Ron Stubbs (Devonport)
  • Darryl Sutton (North Melbourne)
    • Victoria
  • Robert Flower (Melbourne)
  • Jim Jess (Richmond)
  • Mark Lee (Richmond)
  • Ian Nankervis (Geelong)
  • Geoff Raines (Richmond)
  • Geoff Southby (Carlton)
  • Garry Wilson (Fitzroy)
    • Western Australia
  • Bruce Duperouzel (St Kilda)
  • Ken Hunter (Claremont)
  • Brian Peake (East Fremantle)
    • South Australian team – 1979 State of Origin Carnival
    Coach: Kerley
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