Rowland Hill Watt (17 July 1898 – 27 July 1970) 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 for
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United King ...
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).
Watt arrived at Essendon from Rochester and spent a season with
Essendon Association before joining their VFL club. He was one of the small players in the team which saw them called the 'Mosquito Fleet' and he was a member of their 1923 and 1924 premiership sides. Although he started as a centreman he spent most of his time at Essendon either as a wingman, half forward flanker and occasionally roving.
Watt returned to Rochester as captain-coach of Rochester in 1932.
His younger brother
Rod Watt
Rodney Charles Watt (2 January 1895 – 29 May 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Brother of Essendon’s Rowley Watt
Rowland Hill Watt (17 July 1898 – 27 July 1 ...
played briefly with Essendon in the mid-1920s.
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1898 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
Essendon Football Club players
Essendon Football Club Premiership players
Essendon Association Football Club players
Rochester Football Club players
1970 deaths
Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
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