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Bob Cameron (Australian footballer)

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Bob Cameron
Personal information
Full name Robert Miles Fletcher Cameron
Date of birth (1877-05-03)3 May 1877
Place of birth Merino, Victoria
Date of death 12 June 1960(1960-06-12) (aged 83)
Place of death Sandringham, Victoria
Original team(s) Ascot Vale
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897 Carlton 11 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1897.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robert Miles Fletcher Cameron (3 May 1877 – 12 June 1960)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2] His last game came in the final round of the 1897 season, a 32-point loss to Collingwood.

Following his football career, he graduated from university and set up a medical practice in Boulder, Western Australia. He volunteered for the army during World War I, and was a part of the Gallipoli Campaign. He was promoted to the rank of captain, and returned to Australia after serving in France on the Western Front.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Bob Cameron - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. ^ "Bob Cameron". Blueseum. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
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