Bobby Mullenger
Personal information
Full name Robert James Mullenger
Date of birth (1916-07-22)22 July 1916
Place of birth Fairfield, Victoria
Date of death 11 October 1983(1983-10-11) (aged 67)
Place of death Cowes, Victoria
Original team(s) Beechworth
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1939–1940, 1946 South Melbourne 6 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robert James Mullenger (22 July 1916 – 11 October 1983) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Mullenger's career was interrupted by his service in the Australian Army during World War II, serving in Malaya and Singapore and spending three years in POW camps in Singapore, Burma and Thailand.[2]

Mullenger's younger brother, Allan Mullenger, also played for South Melbourne.

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 638. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "World War II Roll: Robert James Mullenger".
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