Bob Makeham


Robert Michael Makeham was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League.

Family

He married Doris Mary McKinnon on 12 September 1934, at Dandenong, Victoria.

Football

Recruited from the Kernot Football Club in the Bass Valley Football Association in South Eastern Victoria.

Collingwood (VFL)

After being part of losing VFL Grand Finals in 1925 and 1926 he played in Collingwood's 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930 premiership sides.
A versatile player, Makeham played his early football as a centre-half forward and follower before settling into the half back and half forward flanks.

Maryborough (BFL)

Makeham coached the Maryborough Football Club in the Bendigo Football League in 1933, in which they lost the 1933 BFL grand final to Sandhurst.

Death

He died at Korumburra South on 3 February 1974.