Bob Chitty

Bob Chitty
Bob Chitty
Personal information
Full name	Robert Main-Warring Chitty
Date of birth	4 July 1916
Place of birth	Cudgewa, Victoria
Date of death	Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.
Original team(s)	Sunshine
Height/Weight	174cm / 86kg
Playing career1
Years	Club
1937–1946	Carlton
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946 season.
Career highlights
	Carlton premiership player 1938; Carlton premiership captain 1945; Robert Reynolds Trophy 1941, 1944; Carlton captain 1945–1946;

Robert Main-Warring "Bob" Chitty (4 July 1916 – 4 April 1985)^[2] was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Chitty played much of his junior and amateur football for his home town of Cudgewa.

Chitty made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 7 of the 1937 season. Chitty left the club after the 1946 season.

In 1951 Chitty starred as Ned Kelly in the feature film The Glenrowan Affair.

Chitty's brother Peter played VFL football for St Kilda and later, as a Prisoner of War in Changi Prison, was awarded a "Brownlow Medal" for being the Best and Fairest player in the Changi Football League.^[3]

After leaving Melbourne he spent some time in both Benalla and Scottsdale as a captain-coach.

References

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↑ Shaw, I. (2006) Bloodbath, Scribe, Melbourne.

External links

Bob Chitty's profile from AustralianFootball.com
Blueseum Biography: Bob Chitty
Blueseum: Bob Chitty's Tribunal Record

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[3] Shaw, I. (2006) Bloodbath, Scribe, Melbourne.

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v t e Carlton Football Club 1938 VFL premiers
Carlton 15.10 (100) defeated Collingwood 13.7 (85), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Anderson 2. McIntyre 4. Baxter 5. Diggins (c) 6. Chitty 7. Carney 10. Francis 11. Hale 12. Crisp 14. McLean 17. Hollingshead 21. Gill 22. Vallence 23. Schmidt 26. Park 28. Wrout 30. Price 31. McInnes 32. Green
Coach: Diggins

v t e Carlton Football Club 1945 VFL premiers
Carlton 15.13 (103) defeated South Melbourne 10.15 (75), at Princes Park
1. Hands 3. Bennett 4. Way 5. Collins 6. Chitty (c) 7. Turner 10. Wines 12. Williams 14. McLean 15. Brown 16. Mooring 18. Sanger 21. Baxter 23. Deacon 24. Savage 25. Baird 26. Clark 30. Price 31. McInnes
Coach: Bentley

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Bob Chitty
Personal information
Full name	Robert Main-Warring Chitty^[1]
Date of birth	(1916-07-04)4 July 1916
Place of birth	Cudgewa, Victoria
Date of death	Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.
Original team(s)	Sunshine
Height/Weight	174cm / 86kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1937–1946	Carlton	147 (32)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946 season.
Career highlights
Carlton premiership player 1938 Carlton premiership captain 1945 Robert Reynolds Trophy 1941, 1944 Carlton captain 1945–1946