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Bob Hay (footballer, born 1880)

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Bob Hay
Personal information
Full name Robert Hay
Date of birth (1880-03-02)2 March 1880
Place of birth Ardrossan, Scotland
Date of death 27 December 1959(1959-12-27) (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).

Family

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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.

Education

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He attended Scotch College, Melbourne. He graduated Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from the University of Melbourne on 11 May 1901.[6]

Death

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He died in Melbourne on 27 December 1959.[7]

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