Bob Hay | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Robert Hay | ||
Date of birth | 2 March 1880 | ||
Place of birth | Ardrossan, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 27 December 1959 | (aged 79)||
Place of death | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Ormond College | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1899–1901 | Fitzroy | 9 (1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1901. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Robert Hay (2 March 1880 – 27 December 1959) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The son of Presbyterian cleric George Hay (1843-1928),[1][2] and Elizabeth McKelvie Hay (1847-1926), née McKenzie,[3] Robert Hay was born in Ardrossan, Scotland on 2 March 1880.
His younger brother, John McKenzie Hay (1886–1958), played with Collingwood in the VFL.[4]
He married Alice Anderson Dobie (1889-1944) on 20 December 1912;[5] they had four daughters, Ethel, Jean, Lorna, and Olive.
He attended Scotch College, Melbourne. He graduated Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from the University of Melbourne on 11 May 1901.[6]
He died in Melbourne on 27 December 1959.[7]