Bob Pratt
South Melbourne
AFL career
35 games35 goals
- Debut
- R4 1955 v RCH7 May 1955
- Most recent
- R9 1958 v MEL7 June 1958
Stats
Bio
Arriving at South Melbourne with the weight of the club's most famous surname on his shoulders, Bob Pratt Jr had enormous shoes to fill as the son of the legendary goalkicking icon. He began his VFL tenure with immediate promise, holding down his father's old full-forward post in his debut 1955 season to boot 24 goals and finish runner-up in the club's goalkicking award. While he possessed genuine goal sense, he eventually moved further up the ground to a half-forward flank, serving as a useful link player rather than a dominant spearhead. His career was ultimately short-lived, as the demands of his private business interests and niggling injury concerns saw him retire at the remarkably young age of 22, leaving fans to wonder what might have developed with more time in the red and white.
Profile
- Full name
- Bob J. Pratt
- Born
- 24 Mar 1936 (age 90y 211d)
- Height
- 174 cm
- Weight
- 80 kg
Teams
Family
- Father:Bob Pratt
Bio
1 revisionArriving at South Melbourne with the weight of the club's most famous surname on his shoulders, Bob Pratt Jr had enormous shoes to fill as the son of the legendary goalkicking icon. He began his VFL tenure with immediate promise, holding down his father's old full-forward post in his debut 1955 season to boot 24 goals and finish runner-up in the club's goalkicking award. While he possessed genuine goal sense, he eventually moved further up the ground to a half-forward flank, serving as a useful link player rather than a dominant spearhead. His career was ultimately short-lived, as the demands of his private business interests and niggling injury concerns saw him retire at the remarkably young age of 22, leaving fans to wonder what might have developed with more time in the red and white.