Bob Pratt

Bob Pratt
Personal information
Full name	Harold Robert Pratt
Date of birth	(1912-08-31)31 August 1912
Place of birth	Mitcham, Victoria
Date of death	6 January 2001(2001-01-06) (aged 88)
Place of death	Frankston, Victoria
Original team(s)	Mitcham
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Position(s)	Full-forward
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1930–1939	South Melbourne	157 (679)
1940–1941	Coburg	040 (263)
1946	South Melbourne	1 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Career highlights
VFL premiership player: 1933 2× VFL Leading Goalkicker Medal: 1934, 1935 Most goals in a VFL/AFL season (tied): 1934 (150 goals) 6× South Melbourne leading goalkicker: 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1939 VFA Leading Goalkicker Medal: 1941 Australian Football Hall of Fame (inducted 1996 as a Legend) Swans Hall of Fame (inducted 2009 as a Bloods Legend) Swans Team of the Century (selected 2003)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Harold Robert "Bob" Pratt (31 August 1912 – 6 January 2001) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the Coburg Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).

Considered "arguably the best full-forward in the history of Australian rules", Pratt was one of the inaugural Legends inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996.^[1][2]

Known for spectacular diving and high-flying marks, Pratt topped South Melbourne's goalkicking for the first time in 1932 with 71 goals and for the next three seasons passed 100 goals. His total of 150 goals in 1934 was a VFL/AFL record which stood alone until Peter Hudson equalled it in 1971. Pratt also kicked ten or more goals in a game eight times, including 15 goals in a single game. His son, Bob Pratt Jr., also played for South Melbourne.