Bob Heatley

Bob Heatley
Personal information
Full name	Robert Clive Heatley
Date of birth	6 July 1895
Place of birth	Carlton, Victoria
Date of death	22 February 1973 (aged 77)
Place of death	Kew, Victoria
Original team(s)	Scotch College
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1914	University	4 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914.

Robert Clive "Bob" Heatley (6 July 1895 – 22 February 1973)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

After his brief football career Heatley served in France during World War I, being mentioned in despatches for acting "as a runner between Brigade Headquarters and Batteries invariably under heavy enemy shell fire".^[3]

Sources

1. "Great Scot". Scotch College. September 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 322. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
3. Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.

External links

• Bob Heatley's statistics from AFL Tables