Bob Bignall

{{Short description|Australian soccer player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}

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| name = Bob Bignall

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| fullname = Robert Bignall

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1922|3|14}}

| birth_place = Wollongong, Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|8|11|1922|3|14|df=yes}}

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| position = Right back

| youthyears1 = 1935–

| youthclubs1 = Corrimal Rangers

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| years2 = 1945

| years3 = 1950–1953

| years4 = 1960

| clubs1 = Woonona-Bulli

| clubs2 = North Shore

| clubs3 = Corrimal

| clubs4 = South Coast United

| clubs5 = Career Total:

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| caps5 = 424

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| nationalyears1 = 1954–1959

| nationalteam1 = Australia

| nationalcaps1 = 8

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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Robert Francis "Choc" Bignall (14 March 1922 – 11 August 2013), commonly referred to as Bob Bignall,{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/23980 |title=Bob Bignall |work=Olympedia |access-date=1 December 2021}} was an Australian soccer player who was the Australia captain at the 1956 Olympic Games held in Melbourne, Australia.{{Cite web |date=1956-10-04 |title=Bignell Olympic Soccer Captain |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61509809/the-sydney-morning-herald/ |access-date=2020-10-25 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |page=10|via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bi/bob-bignall-1.html|title=Bob Bignall Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date=2016-04-07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306073607/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bi/bob-bignall-1.html|archive-date=6 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/B/BI.html|title=Australian Player Database - BI|work=OzFootball|access-date=2009-06-11}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=290508/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102003937/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=290508/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 November 2012|title=FIFA Player Statistics: Robert Bignell |publisher=FIFA|access-date=2009-06-11}} Bignall started his career in 1939 and played over 400 matches in NSW for Corrimal Rangers, Woonona, North Shore and South Coast United as a defender before going on to represent both NSW and national sides as captain in the 1950s.{{cite web|first=Greg|last=Stocks|date=29 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222024643/http://www.ozfootball.net/museum/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55:bob-bignall&catid=37:interviews-with-formeroos&Itemid=53|archive-date=22 February 2012|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/museum/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55:bob-bignall&catid=37:interviews-with-formeroos&Itemid=53|title=Bob Bignall |work=OzFootball|access-date=2009-06-11}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/museum/socceroocaps.pdf|title=The Australian national men’s football team: caps and captains|publisher=Football Federation Australia|via=OzFootball|access-date=2009-06-11}} He was inducted to the Football Federation of Australia Hall of Fame in 1999.{{Cite web|url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/about/hall-of-fame/107tpsps94el41qo47s9v22wwd/1999|title=FFA Football Federation Australia Hall of Fame|website=Football Federation Australia|access-date=2016-04-07}}