Bob McKenzie (footballer)

Robert McKenzie
Personal information
Full name	Robert Davis McKenzie III
Date of birth	19 December 1928
Date of death	4 January 2012(2012-01-04) (aged 83)
Place of death	Melbourne, Victoria
Original team	Prahran Imperials
Height/Weight	178 cm, 72 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1948–1955	Melbourne	125 (254)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1955 season.
Career highlights
Melbourne leading goalkicking: 3 times Melbourne premiership player 1948, 1955 Victorian representative: 9 times

Robert Davis "Bobby" McKenzie III (19 December 1928 – 4 January 2012)^[1] was an Australian rules football player, who played 125 games for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1948 and 1955.

His son, Robert McKenzie played 42 games for Melbourne in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

References

↑ "Demons mourn premiership hero Bobby McKenzie". Herald Sun. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.

Devaney, John. "Biography". Australian Football.com.
Collins, Ben (4 January 2012). "The Menace". Archived from the original on 7 January 2012.

Melbourne Football Club 1948 VFL Premiers

Melbourne 10.9 (69) drew with Essendon 7.27 (69), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground; Melbourne 13.11 (89) defeated Essendon 7.8 (50), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 21. Don Cordner 1. Denis Cordner 2. McKenzie 3. Collins 4. Smith 5. Deans 6. Craddock 7. Jackson 11. Bowman 12. Mueller 13. Spittle 16. Bickford 22. McGrath 25. McLean 28. Dullard 29. Arnold 30. Rodda 31. Rule 32. Dockett 35. McMahen

Coach: Hughes

Melbourne Football Club 1955 VFL Premiers

Melbourne 8.16 (64) defeated Collingwood 5.6 (36), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 35. McMahen 1. Cordner 2. McKenzie 3. Marquis 5. McLean 6. Adams 7. Case 11. Mithen 12. Spencer 14. T. Johnson 16. Laidlaw 17. McGivern 18. B. Johnson 24. Ridley 25. Williams 26. Clarke 28. Gleeson 30. Beckwith 31. Barassi 38. Melville

Coach: Smith