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Victoria v Rest of Australia
Sunday 24th January 1943 |
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Name |
Robert James “Bobby” Mullenger |
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Name & Club as per original list Football Life Sept. 1969 |
Mullinger (South Melbourne) | |
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Service Number |
VX45249 | |
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Born |
22/07/1916 | |
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Died |
11/10/1983 (67 Years) |
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Club |
League |
Games |
Goals |
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South Melbourne (1939-40, 1946) |
Victorian Football League |
6 |
1 |
Victoria versus Rest of Australia Match Stats.
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Team |
Victoria |
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Age on Game Day |
26 Years |
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Goals |
None |
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Awards |
Seventh best on ground for Victorian team (The Changi Brownlow p359) |
Player Information and References
| WWII Nominal Roll The Record Emerald Hill 29/09/1945 Bobby Mullenger liberated from horror camp Record Emerald Hill 14/8/43 Mullenger’s 8 Brothers mentions Bobby is POW AFL Tables Bobby Mullenger’s VFL playing record Bobby had played for Beechworth prior to the war winning the club best and fairest and leading the goal kicking in 1938 in a team that won their second premiership in a row. Bobby Mullenger played four games for South Melbourne in 1939 and 40. He was back with South Melbourne in 1946 and in the practice games was noted as delivering a first class performance as a rover. In the Round 1 game against Carlton Bobby sat on the Bench. For the Round 2 game against Essendon he was selected on the half forward flank to help “Pep up the attack”. However by Round 3 he had been omitted from the team. It was a short comeback to VFL football but still an extraordinary effort given the challenges he had endured in the previous four years. Bobby’s war interrupted league career may have only totalled six games but in what must have seemed a weird coincidence he played Carlton four times across his three seasons. In 1954 Bob was on the South Melbourne Selection Committee |