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Bob Flanigan (footballer)

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Full name
  
Robert Flanigan

Years
  
Club

Date of birth
  
25 March 1914

Name
  
Bob Flanigan


Original team(s)
  
Alphington

Role
  
Footballer

Height/Weight
  
175 cm / 74 kg

Died
  
July 12, 1988

Date of death
  
12 July 1988(1988-07-12) (aged 74)

A visit with bob flanigan of the four freshmen


Bob 'Bluestone' Flanigan (25 March 1914 – 12 July 1988) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). His surname has also been spelt Flanagan and Flanegan on some sources.

A left footed half back, Flanigan was renowned for his toughness and once fractured his skull while at Footscray. He polled well for Footscray in the 1937 Brownlow Medal where he was their second largest vote getter.

In 1941, his first season with Essendon, Flanigan was a losing Grand Finalist but the following year he played as a half back flanker in their premiership team.

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Bob Flanigan (footballer) Wikipedia