Bob Burns (footballer)

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]

Bob Burns
Burns in 1904
Personal information
Full name Bob Burns
Date of birth (1884-06-03)3 June 1884
Date of death 16 August 1949(1949-08-16) (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 Games (Goals)
1904 Collingwood 2 (0)
1906 Perth 10
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

After playing two games for Collingwood in 1904, Burns moved to Perth to teach at the Christian Brothers College and played in the West Australian Football Association for the Perth and East Perth.[2] He also coached East Perth.[3]

He 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
  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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