| Austin Robertson Jr. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Austin Christopher Robertson | ||
| Nickname | Ocker | ||
| Born | (1943-04-28)28 April 1943[1] North Perth, Western Australia | ||
| Died | 22 August 2023(2023-08-22) (aged 80) | ||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1962–65, 1967–74 | Subiaco | 251 (1211) | |
| 1966 | South Melbourne | 18(60) | |
| Total | 269 (1271) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1963–71 | Western Australia | 10 (44) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1966. 2 Representative statistics correct as of 1971. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Austin Christopher Robertson (28 April 1943 – 22 August 2023) was anAustralian rules footballer who played withSouth Melbourne in theVictorian Football League (VFL) andSubiaco in theWestern Australian National Football League (WANFL). He was the son of South Melbourne playerAustin Robertson senior.
Robertson was a full forward, and by the time he retiredin 1974 he had amassed a WANFL record goal tally of 1211 goals, as well as topping the WANFL goalkicking a record eight times (previous best of six by George Doig and Bernie Naylor)[2] and kicked over 100 goals in a season six times.[3][4][5][6]
Robertson was a premiership player with Subiacoin 1973, the only Grand Final of his career.
While playing for Subiaco he averaged 4.82 goals a game, being held goalless in a match only five times, two of which were in his final season when he was affected by injury[7] andin 1968, kicked 162 goals. He spent a season with his father's clubSouth Melbourne in1966, kicking 60 goals in 18 games, which won the club's goalkicking for the year.[4]
Overall, Robertson kicked 1271 goals in his career, the fourth highest total in elite Australian rules football history. Robertson also kicked 44 goals in ten interstate football matches for Western Australia; if these are included, Robertson kicked 1315 goals in his senior career, the fifth highest total in Australian rules elite football history.
After his football career ended, Robertson was employed by businessmanKerry Packer and was one of the central figures in the establishment ofWorld Series Cricket in 1977. Robertson subsequently managed many of Australia's leading cricketers over a period of 30 years, includingShane Warne.[8]
Robertson was inducted into theAustralian Football Hall of Fame in 2015.[9]
Austin Robertson Jr. died on 22 August 2023, at the age of 80.[10]
