John Duncan Robertson (22 July 1889 – 20 July 1975) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played with
Melbourne in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The son of John Robertson (1847-1918), and Catherine Robertson (1852-1914), née McNicol, John Duncan Robertson was born at
Woolloongabba, Queensland on 22 July 1889.
He married Rubina Isobel Tarrant (1890-1969) on 4 July 1918. They had a daughter, Jean Dorothy Robertson(1920-2019), later Mrs. John Francis Carolane.
Football
He came to the VFL from Port Melbourne Railway United.
[Holmesby & Main (2007).] He started his league career as a wingman, before later playing as a
centre.
[ His play has been described as "flashy", on occasion he would hold onto the ball for too long.][ He made 60 senior appearances for Melbourne, from ]1909
Events
January–February
* January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes.
* January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
* Januar ...
to 1913
Events January
* January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not ven ...
.
Death
He died at Heidelberg, Victoria
Heidelberg is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, northeast of Melbourne's central business district, located within the City of Banyule local government area. Heidelberg recorded a population of 7,360 at the 2021 census.
Once a large ...
on 20 July 1975.Deaths: Robertson, ''The Age'', (Tuesday, 22 July 1975), p.21.
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Footnotes
References
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External links
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Jack Robertson
at ''Demonwiki''.
Jack Robertson
at ''Boyles Football Photos''.
1889 births
1975 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Melbourne Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Queensland
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