Robert Elliott (born 29 April 1953) is a former
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
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
and
St Kilda in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
(VFL).
He is the younger brother of St Kilda Best and Fairest winner
Glenn Elliott.
Elliott, in 1978, kicked a
goal after the siren
In Australian rules football, if a player takes a mark or is awarded a free kick before the siren sounds to end a quarter, and the siren sounds before the player takes a set shot, the player is allowed to take the kick after the siren. Often, ...
to give St Kilda a win over North Melbourne.
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1953 births
Living people
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
Melbourne Football Club players
St Kilda Football Club players
People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne