Bob Syme

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Bob Syme
Personal information
Date of birth	30 November 1924
Date of death	1993
Original team	Moonee Ponds YCW
Debut	27 May 1944, Essendon v. Carlton, at Princes Park
Height/Weight	188 cm (6'2"), 86 kg
Playing career¹
Essendon (1944-45, 1947-1953) 116 games, 57 goals
Coaching career
Essendon Reserves (1971-1973) Preston (1974)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2007 season.
Career highlights
Essendon Premiership 1949 Essendon Premiership 1950 Essendon Grand Final 1951 Life Member Essendon Football Club 1953 Essendon Football Club Committee: 1953, 1981-1986

Bob Syme (30 November 1924 - 1993) was an Australian rules footballer and coach in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Player

A fast, vigorous and fiery ruckman (he was suspended for four weeks in 1950), Syme joined Essendon in 1944.

He played in:

Essendon's 1949 premiership team — Essendon 18.17 (125) to Carlton 6.16 (52).
Essendon's 1950 premiership team — Essendon 13.14 (92) to North Melbourne 7.12 (54).
Essendon's 1951 Grand Final team — Geelong 11.15 (81) to Essendon 10.10 (70).

Coach

He retired in 1953, and went to coach in the country.

He unsuccessfully applied for Essendon's vacant Senior coaching position in 1971; the position was awarded to John Birt.^[1]

He coached Essendon Reserves from 1971 to 1973. He coached VFA club Preston in 1974; he was replaced as coach by Dick Telford six days before the start of the 1975 season.

He served on the Essendon Football Club Committee in 1953, and from 1981 to 1986.

Footnotes

↑ Mapleston, (1996), 216.

References

Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872-1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8

External links

AFL Statistics: Bob Syme

v t e Essendon Football Club 1949/1950 VFL Premiers

Captain: 3. Reynolds 4. McDonald 7. Hutchison 9. Leehane 10. Coleman 11. McEwin 12. May 17. Lambert 18. Gardiner 23. Brittingham 24. Jones 25. McConnell 26. Syme 31. McClure

Coach: Reynolds

Persondata
Name	Syme, Bob
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer and coach
Date of birth	30 November 1924
Place of birth
Date of death	1993
Place of death

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