Robert Pratt Jr. (born 24 March 1936) is a former
Australian rules football
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er who played with
South Melbourne in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
Pratt played as a forward for South Melbourne during his debut season in
1955
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, including the
full-forward position that his father,
Bob Pratt Sr., had excelled. He had forced his way into the team after scoring 21 goals from three games in the South Melbourne reserves. Pratt's 24 VFL goals that year were enough to finish second in the South Melbourne goal-kicking and included hauls of five goals against
Geelong
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and six against
Richmond
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Pratt was used mostly as a half forward flanker for the rest of his career, which ended in 1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
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when he announced his retirement, citing business commitments.[''The Age']
"Bob Pratt's Retirement"
20 August 1958, p. 11
References
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1936 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Sydney Swans players
Living people