Tim Robb

Harold Warwick "Tim" Robb (17 December 1924 – 2 March 1985)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and North Melbourne in the VFL.

Tim Robb
Personal information
Full name Harold Warwick Robb
Date of birth 17 December 1924
Place of birth Yea, Victoria
Date of death 2 March 1985(1985-03-02) (aged 60)
Place of death Albury, New South Wales
Original team(s) Yarraville (VFA)
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1947–1949 Footscray 40 0(63)
1949–1951 North Melbourne 34 0(51)
Total 74 (114)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1951.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robb played as a rover and was also a capable goalkicker for his clubs. His first club was Footscray with whom he debuted in 1947 and spent two and a half seasons there. During the 1949 season he transferred to North Melbourne. He was a member of North Melbourne's inaugural 1950 VFL Grand Final team and kicked two goals in a losing cause.

Prior to playing VFL football, Robb served in both the Australian Army[2] and the Royal Australian Navy[3] during world War II.

Robb coached The Rock Football Club in 1952[4] & 1953 in the Albury & District Football League and was runner up in the league's best and fairest medal on a count back in 1952[5] and was runner up again in the medal in 1953.[6]

Robb accepted the coaching position at North Albury in 1954.[7]

Robb moved to Wagga as captain-coach of the Wagga Tigers and led them to five premierships, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961 and 1962.[8] He later coached teams to premierships at Collingullie, Walbundrie and Lockhart in the Hume league in 1981. He also coached North Wagga.

In 1960, Robb, a rover-forward topped the Farrer league goalkicking list with 69 goals ahead of Culcairn’s evergreen Harry “Splinter” Liston with 65.[9][10]

References
  1. "Tim Robb – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. "World War II Roll: ROBB, Harold Warwick (Army)". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  3. "World War II Roll: ROBB, Harold Warwick (Navy)". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  4. "1952 - Melbourne League Star Praises Standard of District Football". The Observer (Henty, NSW). 4 July 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  5. "1952 - Albury star for North". The Herald (Melbourne, Vic). 6 August 1952. p. 16. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  6. "1953 - Culcairn Win Second Successive A. & D. League Premiership". The Observer (Henty, NSW). 11 September 1953. p. 9. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  7. "1953 - Tim Robb's letter". Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW). 19 March 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  8. "Wagga Tigers - Honourboard". Wagga Tigers FNC. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  9. "Lockhart's Stunning Win Over Favourites Wagga Tigers in the 1960 Grand Final". NSW Football History. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  10. "1960 - Farrer FL - "The Crier"" (PDF). NSW Football History. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
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