Robert Oatey

Robert Oatey
Personal information
Full name Robert Reginald Oatey
Date of birth (1942-08-16)16 August 1942
Date of death 17 September 2019(2019-09-17) (aged 77)
Place of death Adelaide, South Australia
Position(s) Rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1961–1973 Norwood 232 (365)
1974–1978 Sturt 069 0(67)
Total 301 (432)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
South Australia 9 (?)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1968–1973 Norwood 126 (51–71–4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1978.
Career highlights
  • Norwood best and fairest: 1967, 1968, 1971 & 1972
  • Norwood leading goalkicker: 1967, 1968 & 1969
  • Magarey Medal runner up: 1968
  • Norwood captain: 1968 to 1973
  • Sturt premiership player: 1974
  • Norwood Team of the Century
  • South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Robert Reginald Oatey OAM (16 August 1942 – 17 September 2019)[1][2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Norwood and Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He was a member of the South Australian Football Hall of Fame.

  1. ^ "Funeral for Mr Robert Oatey OAM". berryfunerals.com.au. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  2. ^ SA Football Hall of Fame member and Norwood great Robert Oatey – son of SANFL legend – dies