Bob Lane (Australian footballer)

Bob Lane
Personal information
Full name Robert Lane
Nickname(s) Rocky
Date of birth (1946-02-12)12 February 1946
Date of death 13 July 1979(1979-07-13) (aged 33)
Original team(s) Kerang
Height/Weight 188 cm / 85.5 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1966 Carlton 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1966 season.

Bob "Rocky" Lane (12 February 1946 – 13 July 1979) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] He managed only the briefest of opportunities at the VFL level, coming on late in the last quarter in both of his appearances. He transferred to Williamstown, and later played and coached for many other clubs as he moved due to his career progression.

On 13 July 1979, working as a Detective Senior Constable with Victoria Police, Lane accompanied a suspect to a campsite at Kyalite. While searching the property, the suspect shot Bob twice with a rifle that he had previously hidden, killing him instantly. Following a massive manhunt[2] involving both Victorian and New South Wales police members,[3] the suspect was apprehended 7 days later[4] after he had fled in the police car, and was sentenced to life in prison.[5][6] He was released just 13 years later.[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 471. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. ↑ Ballard, Steve (Jul 16, 1979). "Force Erupts In Fury". The Age.
  3. ↑ "WANTED: Teenage pair sought". The Sydney Morning Herald. Jul 15, 1979.
  4. ↑ Murdoch, Lidsay (Jul 20, 1979). "Man charged". The Age.
  5. ↑ "Bob Lane: Blues Honour Policeman". Blueseum. 2006. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Man gets life for shooting detective". The Sydney Morning Herald. Jul 2, 1980.
  7. ↑ Anderson, John. "INDEFINITE, INHUMANE, INEQUITABLE". University of New South Wales Law Journal.

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