Robert 'Chopper' Handley (born 8 January 1965) 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 Hawthorn

Hawthorn Football Club

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 and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League

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 (VFL) during the late 1980s.

Handley, who could play both as a wingman and on the ball, debuted with Hawthorn in 1985 and finished the year in their losing Grand Final

1985 VFL Grand Final

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 team. He struggled to hold his place in a strong Hawthorn side the following two seasons and left the club for the SANFL in 1988. After just one year he came back to Melbourne and signed on with St Kilda, with whom he could only manage four senior appearances. He finished his career back in South Australia at Central District, playing 135 games and topping their goal-kicking in 1992 with 40 goals.