Bob Bawden

Robert "Bob" Bawden (28 February 1917 – 22 July 1980[1]) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1940s.

Bob Bawden
Personal information
Date of birth (1917-02-28)28 February 1917
Place of birth Leongatha, Victoria
Date of death 22 July 1980(1980-07-22) (aged 63)
Place of death Brisbane, Queensland
Original team(s) Leongatha Imperials, Morwell
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 93 kg (205 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1939–1945 Richmond 107 (107)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bawden originally played with Leongatha Imperials Football Club[2] and was a member of their 1932 and Leongatha FC's 1934 and 1935 premiership teams.

In 1935, Bawden played 16 games with Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Oakleigh. He returned to Morwell and played in their premiership and won the 1937 Rodda Memorial Gold Medal in the Central Gippsland Football Association [3] [4] [5] before joining Richmond in 1939.

Over the course of his career there Bawden acted as second ruckman to Richmond great Jack Dyer. When not rucking he was used in the forward pocket and was a member of Richmond's 1943 VFL premiership team. He also participated in three losing VFL Grand Finals, in 1940, 1942 and 1944.

From 1946 onwards for a few years he played for City and then Cornwall in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA).

Brother of Essendon player, Tom Bawden.

References
  1. "Bawden dies". The Age. 23 July 1980. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  2. "1932 - Football: Country Matches". Trove Newspapers. The Argus. 22 August 1932. p. 12. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. "1937 - Rodda Memorial Medal". Trove Newspapers. Weekly Times. 25 September 1937. p. 77. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. "1937 - Central Gippsland FA - Rodda Medal". Trove Newspapers. The Age. 18 October 1937. p. 16. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  5. "Death of Father and Son". Trove Newspapers. Morwell Advertiser (Morwell, Vic). 19 June 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 8 January 2021.


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