Bob Burns (footballer)

Bob Burns
Bob Burns
	Burns in 1904
Personal information
Full name	Robert Edward James Burns
Date of birth	3 June 1884
Place of birth	Collingwood, Victoria
Date of death	16 August 1949 (aged 65)
Place of death	Abertillery, Wales
Original team(s)	Richmond (VFA)
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1904	Collingwood
1906	Perth
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robert Edward James Burns (3 June 1884 – 16 August 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

After playing two games for Collingwood in 1904, Burns moved to Perth to teach at the Christian Brothers College and played in Western Australia for Perth and East Perth.^[2] He also coached the latter.^[3]

Burns then left the country to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh, before moving again to become a doctor in Abertillery in Monmouthshire, Wales.^[4]

Notes[edit]

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ "Football: East Perth Club". The Daily News (Perth, Western Australia). Vol. XXXII, no. 11762. Western Australia. 4 March 1913. p. 6. Retrieved 18 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Football: Australian Game". The West Australian. Vol. XXVII, no. 7787. Western Australia. 15 March 1911. p. 8. Retrieved 18 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Bob Burns". Collingwood Forever.

External links[edit]

Bob Burns's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Bob Burns's profile at Collingwood Forever

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[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

[2] "Football: East Perth Club". The Daily News (Perth, Western Australia). Vol. XXXII, no. 11762. Western Australia. 4 March 1913. p. 6. Retrieved 18 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Football: Australian Game". The West Australian. Vol. XXVII, no. 7787. Western Australia. 15 March 1911. p. 8. Retrieved 18 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "Bob Burns". Collingwood Forever.

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