Robert Whatman

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (born 1951)}}

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| fullname = Robert Bruce Whatman

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|1|29|df=y}}

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| originalteam = Manuka{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}

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| statsend = 1974

| years1 = 1972–1974

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| games_goals1 = 34 (17)

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Robert Bruce Whatman (born 29 January 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (now known as the Australian Football League).{{cite web|title=Australian Football — Robert Whatman — Player Bio|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/robert%2Bwhatman/10555|publisher=australianfootball.com|accessdate=26 November 2014}}

Whatman is best remembered for a game against Collingwood at Kardinia Park in August 1972. He was one of the two reserves for Geelong, who were 31 points behind at three-quarter time. Whatman came off the bench and helped spark a dramatic Geelong revival, kicking 3 goals 2 behinds in the last quarter, with Geelong kicking 7 goals 3 behinds to Collingwood's 2 goals 2 behinds and winning the game by a solitary point.{{cite web |title=Round: 20 Venue: Kardinia Park |url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1972/040919720819.html |website=AFL Tables |accessdate=2018-07-22}}