Bob Rahilly

Robert Alfred Rahilly (12 July 1887 – 9 December 1935)^[1] was an Australian rules football player. He was born in Ballarat, Victoria.

Bob Rahilly
Cigarette card of Rahilly in 1911
Personal information
Full name	Robert Alfred Rahilly
Date of birth	(1887-07-12)12 July 1887
Place of birth	Ballarat, Victoria
Date of death	9 December 1935(1935-12-09) (aged 48)
Place of death	Nhill, Victoria
Original team(s)	South Ballarat
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1910–12	Fitzroy	33 (21)
1914	Essendon	02 0(4)
Total		35 (25)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Playing career

Rahilly's senior career began in Ballarat for South Ballarat Football Club.

He played in Broken Hill; and, from there, represented New South Wales in the 1908 Melbourne Carnival.

In 1910 he moved to Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League where he played 33 matches before leaving in late 1912 to return to South Ballarat.^[2]

In a match for Fitzroy in 1911 against St Kilda Rahilly hit the goalposts four times in a match, which remains a record for VFL/AFL football (Alby Pannam equalled this feat in 1936).^[3][4]

Rahilly spent time at Sturt in South Australia during 1913 before moving to Broken Hill.^[2]

The 1914 season saw Rahilly return to the VFL, playing two matches for Essendon before moving again to Northcote.^[2]

Military service

Rahilly enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force in June 1915, leaving Melbourne in November 1915 on HMAT Ascanius. After serving in France and rising to the rank of Sergeant, Rahilly returned to Australia in March 1919.^[5][6]

References

1. "Bob Rahilly – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
2. "RAHILLY, Robert". Past Player Profiles. Essendon Football Club. Archived from the original on 12 October 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
3. McClure, Geoff (9 July 2007). "Posting records". The Age. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
4. "FITZROY SCORE HEAVILY". The Argus. Melbourne. 22 May 1911. p. 5. Retrieved 29 June 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "Robert Alfred RAHILLY". The AIF Project. Australian Defence Force Academy. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
6. "RAHILLY Robert Alfred". Mapping our Anzacs. National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 15 April 2010.

External links

Bob Rahilly's playing statistics from AFL Tables