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Full name
Robert Perry
Known as
Bob Perry
Senior clubs
Moorabbin (Original); Woodville
Recruited from
Richmond (1959); Moorabbin (Original) (1964)
Club | League | Career span | Games | Goals | Avg | Win % | AKI | AHB | AMK | BV |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Moorabbin (Original) | VFA | 1959-1963 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Woodville | SANFL | 1964-1966 | 54 | 47 | 0.87 | — | — | — | — | — |
Total | 1959-1966 | 54 | 47 | 0.87 | — | — | — | — | — |
A smooth mover, and a deft user of the ball, Bob Perry commenced his senior football career with Merino-Digby in Victoria’s Western Districts competition. In 1958, aged 20, he played with Richmond, but, despite displaying consistently good form in the seconds, failed to break into the senior team.
He then moved to Moorabbin where he rapidly established himself as one of the finest centremen in the VFA. In six seasons with the Kangaroos he played more than 70 senior games and was a key figure in the club’s rise to prominence during the early 1960s. He was in the centre in both the one-point Grand Final loss to Sandringham in 1962, and in the revenge win by 64 points a year later.
Perry joined Woodville in 1964 and was a stabilising influence in that club’s debut season in the SANFL. He went on to play a total of 54 league games over three seasons before being appointed captain-coach of the seconds. Still a talented and highly influential player, he won the 1967 seconds Magarey Medal, and continued playing until 1969.
Author - John Devaney