1. Robert Mainwaring Chitty was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.
12 Facts About Bob Chitty
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The son of Alan Peter Chitty, and Hannah Evelyne Chitty, nee Wilson, Robert Mainwaring "Bob" Chitty was born at Corryong, Victoria on 4 July 1916.
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Bob Chitty married Hazel Irene Leggo on 26 April 1941.
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Bob Chitty played much of his junior and amateur football for his home town of Cudgewa.
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Bob Chitty made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 7 of the 1937 season.
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Bob Chitty captained Carlton to victory in the infamous 1945 "Bloodbath" Grand Final.
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Bob Chitty's king hit of South Melbourne's Ron Clegg in the second quarter is seen as what triggered the succession of violent incidents that garnered the match its nickname.
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Bob Chitty then moved to Tasmania in 1950, where he served as captain-coach of the Scottsdale Football Club.
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Bob Chitty won the Northern Tasmanian Football Association goalkicking in 1952 with 40 goals.
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Bob Chitty finished his playing career with Ringarooma in the North East Football Union; and, in 1956, he kicked 105 goals for the season.
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In 1947, while he was living in Benalla, Bob Chitty starred as bushranger Ned Kelly in the critically panned feature film, The Glenrowan Affair, that was released in 1951.
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Bob Chitty died at Launceston, Tasmania on 4 April 1985.