Robert Nash (Australian footballer)
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| Full name | Robert Henry Nash | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 1884 | ||
| Place of birth | Carlton, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 16 June 1958 (aged 74) | ||
| Place of death | East Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Northcote | ||
| Debut | Round 11, 1904, Collingwood vs. Fitzroy, at Victoria Park | ||
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| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1904–1909 | Collingwood | 88 (14) | |
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Robert Henry "Bob" Nash (22 April 1884 – 16 June 1958)[1] was a leading Australian rules footballer who was captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), and captain-coach of the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).
Family
Born in Melbourne, the son of Mick Nash, who played for Carlton when it was part of the VFA,[2]
He is best known as the father of Test cricketer and leading footballer Laurie Nash.[2]
Football
Northcote (MJFA)
Nash played for Northcote in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA) until he was recruited by Collingwood in 1904.
Collingwood (VFL)
Nash became a leading player at Collingwood, playing 88 games and kicking 14 goals in six seasons[3] Regarded as a powerful player who was a good mark and kick,[4] he captained Collingwood in 1908 and 1909 and represented Victoria at the first interstate carnival in Melbourne in 1908.[5]
Footscray (VFA)
He left Collingwood at the end of the 1910 VFL season, and spent two years as captain-coach of VFA side Footscray before retiring at the end of 1912.[4]
Tasmania
Initially employed as a gas stoker, Nash became a policeman, and went on strike in 1923 for better pay. Dismissed from the force as a result,[6] and instead moved his family to Tasmania to run the hotel at Parattah.[7] There he oversaw the sporting development of Laurie and his other son, Robert Jnr (who was also an accomplished footballer);[7] and, initially, he encouraged Laurie to concentrate on cricket rather than football,[8] refusing to allow Laurie to play senior football before he turned 19.[2]
Death
Nash collapsed and died at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, on Monday 16 June 1958, just before three-quarter-time, while watching a Melbourne-Collingwood match on the Queen's Birthday.[9][10][11]
See also
Footnotes
- ^ "Bob Nash". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ a b c Wallish E.A. (1998) The Great Laurie Nash, Ryan Publishing, Melbourne. ISBN 0-9587059-6-8.
- ^ "Bob Nash". stats.rleague. Retrieved 10 April 2008.
- ^ a b australianfootball.com.
- ^ "Burns the 44th man to lead the Magpies". Collingwood Football Club website. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2008.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Flanigan, M. (1998) "Laurie Nash - The Genius", The Age, 5 May 1998
- ^ a b Shaw, I. (2006) The Bloodbath, Scribe, Melbourne. ISBN 1-920769-97-8.
- ^ Main, J. & Holmesby, R. (2005) Encyclopedia of AFL Football Players AFL Publishing (2005) ISBN 1-920910-38-7
- ^ McFarlane, Glenn (6 June 2012). "The biggest home and away crowd in history". Collingwood Football Club. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ Wallish, p. 339.
- ^ Deaths: Nash, The Age, (Tuesday, 17 June 1958), p.11.
References
- Wallish, E. (1998) The Great Laurie Nash, Ryan Publishing, Melbourne. ISBN 0-9587059-6-8