Bob Makeham
{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1901}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Bob Makeham
| fullname = Robert Makeham
| image = Bob Makeham 1923-1932.png
| caption = Makeham during his Collingwood career
| birth_date = 6 November 1901
| birth_place = Welshpool, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1974|2|3|1901|11|6|df=yes}}
| death_place = Korumburra South, Victoria
| originalteam = Kernot
| height = 185 cm
| weight = 85 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1932
| years1 = 1923–1932
| club1 = Collingwood
| games_goals1 = 157 (97)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Robert Michael Makeham (6 November 1901 – 3 February 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
He married Doris Mary McKinnon (1902–1989) on 12 September 1934, at Dandenong, Victoria.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10956933 Weddings in Town and Country: Makeham—McKinnon, The Argus, (Thursday, 13 September 1934), p. 14.]
Football
Recruited from the Kernot Football Club{{cite web |title=1923 - Football |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/255865956 |publisher=Great Southern Advocate (Korumburra, Vic. : 1889 - 1906, 1914 - 1940) |access-date=12 February 2025 |page=2 |date=3 May 1923}} (the 1922 premiers) in the Bass Valley Football Association in South Eastern Victoria.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183958907 Sharland, W.S., "Collingwood's Country Giant: Consistent Play of Bob Makeham", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 11. August 1928), p. 6.]
=Collingwood (VFL)=
After being part of losing VFL Grand Finals in 1925 and 1926 he played in Collingwood's 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930 premiership sides.Collingwood Forever.
A versatile player, Makeham played his early football as a centre-half forward and follower before settling into the half back and half forward flanks.
=Maryborough (BFL)=
Makeham coached the Maryborough Football Club in the Bendigo Football League (BFL) in 1933,{{cite web |title=1933 - Opening Football Matches Draw Big Crowds |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/277441400 |publisher=The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic) |access-date=16 May 2024 |page=26 |date=8 May 1933}} in which they lost the 1933 BFL grand final to Sandhurst.{{cite web |title=1933 - EASY WIN FOR SANDHURST |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/276710292 |publisher=The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic) |access-date=16 May 2024 |page=27 |date=16 October 1933}}{{cite web |title=1933 - BENDIGO FOOTBALL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/181744763 |publisher=Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic) |access-date=16 May 2024 |page=3 |date=14 October 1933}}
Death
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{AFL Tables|ref=B/Bob_Makeham.html}}
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=Bob%2BMakeham/4071}}
- [https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/bob-makeham Bob Makeham, at Collingwood Forever.]
{{1927–30 Collingwood premiership players}}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
Category:Collingwood Football Club players
Category:Collingwood Football Club premiership players
Category:Sandhurst Football Club players
Category:VFL/AFL premiership players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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