Robert "Bob" Heard is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

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 and Richmond

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL) during the 1970s.

Standing at 202 cm, Heard is believed to have become Collingwood's tallest ever player when he made his league debut in 1970. A tap ruckman

Ruckman (Australian rules football position)

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, he started on the bench as 19th man in the 1970 VFL Grand Final

1970 VFL Grand Final

The 1970 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1970. It was the 74th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...

, which Collingwood lost to Carlton and although he never played in a premiership team he took part in nine finals during his time at the club. Heard was also handy when rested in the forward line and kicked 32 goals in 1974.

He spent his final four VFL season at Richmond before rejoining his original club Preston

Northern Bullants

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.