Robert Thompson (Australian footballer, born 1891)

Robert Thompson
Personal information
Full name Robert W. Thompson
Date of birth (1891-03-05)5 March 1891
Date of death 8 February 1918(1918-02-08) (aged 26)
Original team(s) St Pat's
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1911, 1913 University 14 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913 season.

Robert Thompson (5 March 1891 – 8 February 1918) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne University Football Club.

From the Victoria town of Cobden, he died at age 26 in 1918 after a suffering a brain tumour.[1]

Sources

  1. "Death: Mr R.W. Thompson". The Cobden Times (Vic.: National Library of Australia). 9 February 1918. p. 2. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

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