Robert Clive 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 University left the VFL at the end of the 1914 season, he remained with the club when it resumed in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA) in 1915.[3]

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".[4]

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. ^ "JUNIOR ASSOCIATIONS". The Argus. 24 April 1914. p. 17. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  4. ^ Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Heatley
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