Bob Flegg
Appearance
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(s) | Sandringham | ||
Height / weight | 178cm / 77kg | ||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Bob Flegg (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.
19 August 1918 – 7 July 1944) was anSee also
References
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- Bob Flegg's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=R&VeteranId=1013664
Categories:
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- St Kilda Football Club players
- Sandringham Football Club players
- 1918 births
- 1944 deaths
- Australian military personnel killed in World War II
- Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
- Ormond Amateur Football Club players
- Australian rules biography, 1910s birth stubs