Bob Addison
{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1908}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Bob Addison
| image =
| fullname = Robert Newman Addison
| birth_date = 18 July 1908
| birth_place = Newport, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|3|8|1908|7|18|df=yes}}
| death_place = Footscray, Victoria
| height = 157 cm
| weight = 65 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1931
| years1 = 1931
| club1 = {{AFL Foo}}
| games_goals1 = 1 (0)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Robert Newman Addison (18 July 1908 – 8 March 1988){{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/bob%2Baddison/5273|title=Bob Addison - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=14 March 2015}} was an Australian rules footballer who played one game for the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1931.{{Ref AFL Encyc|1st|3}}
Family
The son of Robert Addison (1883-1954),[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205396181 Deaths: Addison, The Age, (Thursday, 23 September 1954), p.11.] and Elizabeth Jane Addison (1890-1976), née Bridges, Robert Newman Addison was born at Newport, Victoria on 18 July 1908.
He married Alice Evelyn Johnson (1918-1999) in 1938.
Football
His solitary game came against Hawthorn in round 1. He did not kick a goal.
After playing for Spotswood in 1932, Addison crossed to Williamstown in the VFA in 1933 and played 27 games and kicked 33 goals. He was leading goalscorer at Williamstown in 1933 with a total of 23.
He was cleared to the South Bendigo Football Club in the Bendigo Football League in 1934.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10950652 League Grants Many Permits, The Argus, (Thursday, 28 June 1934), p.14.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223355990 South Bendigo Team, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 8 June 1935), p.37.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11031982 Matches in Country: Bendigo, The Argus, (Monday, 4 May 1936), p.15.]
Death
He died at Footscray, Victoria on 8 March 1988.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{AFL Tables|ref=B/Bob_Addison.html}}
- [http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Addison,_R.N._'Bob'.php Bob Addison's playing statistics] from The VFA Project
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Category:Western Bulldogs players
Category:Williamstown Football Club players
Category:South Bendigo Football Club players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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