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Bob Milgate

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Bob Milgate
Personal information
Full name Robert Bennett Milgate
Date of birth (1925-01-03)3 January 1925
Place of birth Auburn, Victoria
Date of death 11 January 1998(1998-01-11) (aged 73)
Original team(s) Auburn
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1948 Hawthorn 10 0(15)
1949-1952 Camberwell 61 (171)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948.
Career highlights
  • Camberwell's leading goalkicker: 1949, 1950 & 1951.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robert Bennett Milgate (3 January 1925 – 11 January 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Milgate played with Camberwell from 1949 to 1952, winning the club goalkicking award in 1949 (63 goals), 1950 (35) and 1951 (69) and just 4 goals in 1952.

Prior to his football career, Milgate served in the Australian Army during World War II.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 610. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "World War II Roll: Robert Bennett Milgate". Department of Veterans Affairs.
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