Bob Makeham

Bob Makeham
Makeham during his Collingwood career
Personal information
Full name	Robert Makeham
Date of birth	6 November 1901
Place of birth	Welshpool, Victoria
Date of death	3 February 1974(1974-02-03) (aged 72)
Place of death	Korumburra South, Victoria
Original team(s)	Kernot
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1923–1932	Collingwood	157 (97)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robert Michael Makeham (6 November 1901 – 3 February 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

He married Doris Mary McKinnon (1902–1989) on 12 September 1934, at Dandenong, Victoria.^[1]

Recruited from the Kernot Football Club (the 1922 premiers) in the Bass Valley Football Association in southeastern Victoria.^[2]

After being part of losing VFL Grand Finals in 1925 and 1926 he played in Collingwood premiership sides the next four seasons.^[3]

A versatile player, Makeham played his early football as a centre-half forward and follower before settling into the half back and half forward flanks.

Makeham coached the Maryborough Football Club in the Bendigo Football League (BFL) in 1933,^[4] in which they lost the 1933 BFL grand final to Sandhurst.^[5][6]

He died at Korumburra South on 3 February 1974.^[7]

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• Bob Makeham's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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