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Victoria v Rest of Australia
Sunday 24th January 1943 |
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Name |
Robert “Bob” Murray Broadbent |
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Name & Club as per original list Football Life Sept. 1969 |
Broadbent (Glenelg) | |
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Service Number |
SX9268 | |
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Unit | ||
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Born |
09/12/1917 | |
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Died |
30/10/1991 (73 Years) |
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Club |
League |
Games |
Goals |
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Glenelg (1939-40) |
South Australian National Football League |
15 |
2 |
Victoria versus Rest of Australia Match Stats.
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Team |
Rest of Australia |
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Age on Game Day |
25 Years |
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Goals |
None |
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Awards |
Second best player for Rest of Australia team (Changi Brownlow p359) |
Player Information and References
| WWII Nominal Roll The News (Adelaide) 28/04/1938 Bob Broadbent to train with Glenelg after playing for Prince Alfred Old Collegians in the Amateur League Sport (Adelaide) 16/08/1940 Glenelg to hold farewell after the match against Norwood for players who have enlisted including Bob Broadbent The Advertiser (Adelaide) 22/09/1945 Corporal Broadbent of Glenelg tells of Japanese brutality The News (Adelaide) 30/10/1945 Broadbent of Glenelg shares more POW experiences including smuggling batteries and the taste of cigarettes The News (Adelaide) 09/03/1946 Broadbent returns to football training at Glenelg in March 1946. He did not play for Glenelg after the war News (Adelaide) 6/3/1954 Mentions Bob Broadbent in Changi The News (Adelaide) 30/03/1954 Bob Broadbent a farmer at Myponga Victor Harbour Times 03/10/1958 Bob Broadbent comes out of retirement to play for the Myponga football team Glenelg Player List Ancestry: When Robert Murray Broadbent was born on December 9, 1917, in Crystal Brook, South Australia, Australia, his father, William, was 41 and his mother, Eliza, was 36. He married Roma Gertrude Gillett on September 7, 1946, in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. He died on October 30, 1991, in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, at the age of 73, and was buried in Mitcham, South Australia. |