Bob Flegg
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| Bob Flegg | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Robert Barnes Flegg | ||
| Date of birth | 19 August 1918 | ||
| Date of death | 7 July 1944 (aged 25) | ||
| Place of death | over Feuersbrunn, Austria | ||
| Original team | Sandringham | ||
| Height/Weight | 178cm / 77kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1941 | St Kilda | 18 (47) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1941 season. | |||
Bob Flegg (19 August 1918 – 7 July 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League. He scored 130 goals in a season for club Ormond, and kicked seven goals in his second match. He led St Kilda's goal scoring in 1941, and then joined the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II. He was killed when his plane was shot down over Feuersbrunn in 1944.
See also
- List of Victorian Football League players who died in active service
References
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- Bob Flegg's statistics from AFL Tables
- http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=R&VeteranID=1013664
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