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| name = Bob Skilton | image = | fullname = Robert John Skilton | nickname = Chimp | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1938|11|8|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | originalteam = {{AFL SM}} Under 17s | height = 171 cm | weight = 76 kg | position = Rover | guernsey = 14 | statsend = 1971 | coachstatsend = 1977 | years1 = 1956–71 | club1 = {{AFL SM}} | games_goals1 = 237 (412) | sooteam1 = Victoria | soogames_goals1 = 25 (47) | coachyears1 = 1965–66 | coachclub1 = {{AFL SM}} | coachgames_wins1 = 35 (16–19–0) | coachyears2 = 1974–77 | coachclub2 = {{AFL Mel}} | coachgames_wins2 = 88 (28–60–0) | coachgames_winstotal = 123 (44–79–0) | careerhighlights = Club
}} Robert John "Bob" Skilton {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 8 November 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented {{AFL SM}} in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Playing as a rover, Skilton is one of only four players to have won the Brownlow Medal three times; in 1959 (when he tied with Verdun Howell), and in 1963 and 1968. He was rated by Jack Dyer as better than Haydn Bunton, Sr and equal to Dick Reynolds, making him one of the best players in the history of the game. The Sydney Swans Best and Fairest medal is named after him; the Bob Skilton Medal. FamilyThe son of Robert Herbert Skilton (1901-1987), and Rita Skilton (1904-), née McFarlane,[1] Robert John Skilton was born on 8 November 1938. His father, known as "Bobby", was a 440-yard professional athlete who also played 149 games for Port Melbourne in the VFA from 1922 to 1929.[2] As a prisoner of war of the Japanese, he survived the ordeal of working on the infamous Burma Railway.[3][4][5] FootballOnly 171 cm tall, Skilton was particularly fast and a superb baulker,[6] allowing him to evade opponents when necessary. He was never shy of attacking the ball, however, and in his 16-year career suffered many injuries, including concussion, a broken nose four times, a broken wrist three times and 12 black eyes. One of his greatest assets was the ability to kick with both feet, a skill learned at the insistence of his father, and developed by spending hours kicking the ball against a wall, collecting it on the rebound and kicking again with the other foot. It was impossible to say whether he was right or left footed, since his left foot gave greater accuracy, but his right greater distance. He had arguably the most accurate stab kick in the game.[7] Star of the 1953 Victorian Schoolboys' team (he kicked 8 goals against West Australia in one of the championship's matches),[8] and best and fairest for the South Melbourne (under 17) Fourth XVIII which played in the Melbourne Boys League in 1955,[9] Skilton made his senior debut at the age of 17 in round five, 1956 and went on to play 237 matches for South Melbourne before he retired in 1971, at the time a club record. He scored 412 goals in that time and was the club's leading goalkicker on three occasions. Nicknamed 'Chimp', he showed great grit and determination and became well known for giving maximum effort at all times. It was his appearance on the front page of The Sun News-Pictorial in 1968 with two black eyes that earned him the Douglas Wilkie Medal. The black eyes were a consequence of a severe facial injury, which included depressed fractures of his cheekbones, due to collisions in successive weeks from Footscray's Ken Greenwood, his own teammate John Rantall and then Len Thompson.[10] An extended series of graphic photographs displaying the true extent of Skilton's injury used to be on display at the team's rooms at the Lake Oval, prior to its move to Sydney (it is not on display in Sydney and it is commonly understood that it was first removed from display at the Lake Oval as part of the effort to get Tuddenham to coach South Melbourne in 1978). He missed the entire 1969 VFL season after snapping an Achilles tendon in a pre-season practice match against SANFL club Port Adelaide. Chosen to represent his state in 25 games, Skilton captained the Victorian team in 1963 and 1965. The downside of his career was the lack of success of his club. He often said that he would trade any of his three Brownlow Medals for a premiership or even the chance to play in a Grand Final, and felt the highest point of his career was the one occasion South Melbourne made the finals in 1970 (under the great Norm Smith), finishing fourth after losing the first semi-final against St Kilda. After 16 years at South Melbourne, including two years as playing coach in 1965–1966 and nine club best and fairest awards, Skilton then played for his boyhood team, Port Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association and later coached Melbourne from 1974–1977, with a best finish of sixth. Since then, Skilton has been honoured by being named captain of the Swans' team of the century, and named in the AFL team of the century. He was also the player featured inside the cover of the booklets of stamps featuring the Swans released by Australia Post to commemorate the centenary of the VFL/AFL. Skilton made a speech in the post-match presentations of the 2005 AFL Grand Final following his team's first win in 72 years, and was tasked to present the trophy at the 2012 AFL Grand Final. Skilton is also the number 1 ticket holder at the Ormond Amateur Football Club who compete in the Victorian Amateur Football Association. Order of Australia MedalIn the 2018 Queens Birthday Honours, Skilton was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM).[11] References1. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164461040 Wedding Bells, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 19 November 1932), p.7.] 2. ^The VFA Project: Bob Skilton; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164442021/19808041 The Players, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 11 September 1926), p.2.] 3. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/181661307 Ex-Footballer P.O.W., The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 15 May 1943), p.3;] [https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1466091 Second World War POWs and Missing Persons: Sergeant R. H. Skilton (VX40915), Australian War Memorial;] The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Ballarat, Victoria. 4. ^Rivett, R.D., [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/963981"Appalling Ordeal of Prisoners on 'Death Railway': Jap Persecution and Brutality", The Argus, (Thursday, 13 September 1945), p.20.] 5. ^[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Nu9UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4pIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6811%2C3787653 Deaths: Skilton, The Age, (Thursday, 16 July 1987), p.24.] 6. ^A manoeuvre where a player holds the ball out to the side in one hand (e.g., [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dick_reynolds.jpg]), then brings the ball back to the chest, and runs in the other direction. The move is performed to evade a defender, who will attack in the ball's original direction, rather than the ball-and-player's subsequent direction. It is an entirely different ploy from a "dummy" pass. Other noted exponents of the "baullk" manoeuvre were Les Foote and Kevin Sheedy. 7. ^The stab kick has now all but disappeared from AFL football. 8. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202682903 Vic. Boys Led Rest at Rules, The (Brisbane) Truth, (Sunday, 2 August 1953), p.17.] 9. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/72538595 Family Affair, The Argus, (Wednesday, 29 February 1956), p.26.] 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/legend-no10-bobby-skilton/2008/06/28/1214472839787.html |title=Legend No.10: Bobby Skilton |publisher=Real Footy}} 11. ^Lusted, P., "Football great Bob Skilton receives Queen's Birthday honour", ABC News, 11 June 2018. Bibliography
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