Bob Chitty

Bob Chitty
Personal information
Full name	Robert Main-Warring Chitty[1]
Date of birth	4 July 1916
Place of birth	Cudgewa, Victoria
Date of death	4 April 1985 (aged 68)
Original team(s)	Cudgewa (UMFL) Sunshine (VFA)
Height / weight	174cm / 86kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1937–1946	Carlton	147 (32)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Career highlights
Carlton premiership player 1938 Carlton premiership captain 1945 Robert Reynolds Trophy 1941, 1944 Carlton captain 1945–1946

Robert Main-Warring "Bob" Chitty (4 July 1916 – 4 April 1985)^[2] was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Chitty played much of his junior and amateur football for his home town of Cudgewa.

Chitty made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 7 of the 1937 season. Chitty left the club after the 1946 season.

In 1951 Chitty starred as Ned Kelly in the feature film The Glenrowan Affair.

Chitty's brother Peter played VFL football for St Kilda and later, as a Prisoner of War in Changi Prison, was awarded a "Brownlow Medal" for being the Best and Fairest player in the Changi Football League.^[3]

After leaving Melbourne he spent some time in both Benalla and Scottsdale as a captain-coach.

References

1. "World War Two Nominal Roll". Government of Australia. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
2. "Bob Chitty - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
3. Shaw, I. (2006) Bloodbath, Scribe, Melbourne.

External links

• Bob Chitty's profile from AustralianFootball.com
• Blueseum Biography: Bob Chitty
• Blueseum: Bob Chitty's Tribunal Record