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
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.

  1. ^ Cresswell & Trenoweth, p. 703
  2. ^ Australian Football Hall of Fame Legends Archived 17 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine