Bob M. Wilson 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 for Essendon

Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL).

Wilson played his early football at the Essendon Under-19s before making it to the senior list in 1966. He made four appearances in the 1966 VFL season

1966 VFL season

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1966.-Premiership season:In 1966, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...

, all of which Essendon won, but spent most of his time in the reserves where he won their Best and Fairest. Wilson spent the next two seasons at Brunswick

Brunswick Football Club

Brunswick Football Club was an Australian rules football club which played in the VFA from 1897 until 1990. They were originally nicknamed the Pottery Workers before being renamed the Magpies and were based in Brunswick, Victoria. The club wore black and white guernseys...

 in the VFA before being appointed captain-coach of Tasmanian club Scottsdale

Scottsdale Football Club

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 in 1969. He steered the club to three NTFA

Northern Tasmanian Football Association (1886 - 1986)

The Northern Tasmanian Football Association was an Australian rules football competition which ran from 1886 to 1986. In its time it was one of the three main leagues in Tasmania, with the Tasmanian Football League and North West Football Union representing the rest of the state...

 premierships and to a Tasmanian State Premiership

Tasmanian State Premiership

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 in 1973.

He left Scottsdale after the 1976 season and then captain-coached Ringarooma. He also had a stint as coach of NWFU

North West Football Union

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 club Latrobe

Latrobe Football Club

The Latrobe Football Club is an Australian rules football club which competed in the NWFU between 1910 and 1986. The club has been a playing member of the NTFL since 1987. Latrobe were one of the most successful NWFU clubs and their tally of 12 premierships in a joint record, shared with Burnie and...

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