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{{Infobox AFL biography<br />
| name = Bob Chitty<br />
| image = Bob Chitty.jpg<br />
| fullname = Robert Mainwaring Chitty<ref>Nominal Roll.</ref><br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1916|7|4}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Corryong|Corryong, Victoria]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|4|4|1916|7|4|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Launceston, Tasmania]]<br />
| originalteam = [[Cudgewa Football Netball Club|Cudgewa]] ([[Upper Murray Football Netball League|UMFL]])<br/>[[Sunshine Football Club (VFA)|Sunshine]] VSDL<br />
| height = 174&nbsp;cm<br />
| weight = 86&nbsp;kg<br />
| position = <br />
| statsend = 1946<br />
| years1 = 1937–1946<br />
| club1 = {{AFL Car}}<br />
| games_goals1 = 147 (32)<br />
| careerhighlights = *{{AFL Car}} premiership player [[1938 VFL Grand Final|1938]]<br />
*{{AFL Car}} premiership captain [[1945 VFL Grand Final|1945]]<br />
*[[John Nicholls Medal|Robert Reynolds Trophy]] 1941, 1944<br />
*{{AFL Car}} [[List of Carlton Football Club captains|captain]] 1945–1946<br />
}}<br />
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'''Robert Mainwaring Chitty''' (4 July 1916 – 4 April 1985) was an [[Australian rules football]]er in the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (VFL).<br />
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==Family==<br />
The son of Alan Peter Chitty (1884-1981), and Hannah Evelyne Chitty (1887-1974), née Wilson, Robert Mainwaring "Bob" Chitty was born at [[Corryong|Corryong, Victoria]] on 4 July 1916.<br />
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He married Hazel Irene Leggo (1907-1976) on 26 April 1941.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74745297 Forthcoming Weddings, ''The Sunshine Advocate'', (Friday, 21 March 1941), p.1.]</ref><br />
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Chitty's brother [[Peter Chitty|Peter]] played VFL football for [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]. Later, as a [[prisoner of War]] in [[Changi Prison]], Peter was awarded a "Brownlow Medal" for being the Best and Fairest player in the Changi Football League.<ref>Shaw, I. (2006) ''Bloodbath'', Scribe, Melbourne.</ref><ref>[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1070258 Brownlow Medal: Corporal L. A. 'Peter' Chitty, 2/2 Australian Motor Ambulance Convoy, collection of the ''Australian War Memorial''.]</ref><br />
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==Football==<br />
Chitty played much of his junior and amateur football for his home town of [[Cudgewa Football Netball Club|Cudgewa]].<br />
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Leaving the country for the city, Chitty played for Sunshine in the Victorian Sub-Districts before being signed by Carlton. Chitty made his debut for the [[Carlton Football Club]] in Round 7 of the [[1937 VFL season|1937 season]]. While a brilliant, versatile player, Chitty built his reputation as one of the game's most fearsome hardmen:<br />
::"Some players manufacture aggression, others seem born to it; as far as Bob Chitty was concerned, aggression oozed out of his every pore." — ''australianfootball.com''.<br />
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Chitty captained Carlton to victory in the infamous [[1945 VFL Grand Final|1945 "Bloodbath" Grand Final]]. Chitty's king hit of [[Sydney Swans|South Melbourne]]'s [[Ron Clegg]] in the second quarter is seen as what triggered the succession of violent incidents that garnered the match its nickname. In the fourth quarter, Chitty was knocked out by opponent [[Laurie Nash]].<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71883900 Laurie Nash tells Peter Banfield why . . . I clocked Chitty, ''The Argus Weekender'', (Saturday, 21 May 1955), p.9.]</ref> After the match, Chitty was suspended for eight weeks for elbowing [[Bill Williams (Australian footballer)|Bill Williams]].<br />
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After leaving Carlton at the end of the [[1946 VFL season]], Chitty spent several years in country Victoria as captain-coach of the [[Benalla Football Club]] in the [[Ovens and Murray Football League]] from 1947 to 1949,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65566761 Football Coach, ''The Benalla Ensign'', (Friday, 20 December 1946), p.1.]</ref> during which time he led the goalkicking on two occasions.<br />
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Chitty then moved to Tasmania in 1950,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52705199 Scottsdale F.C. Coach Welcomed, ''The (Launceston) Examiner'', (Friday, 18 November 1949), p.11.]</ref> where he served as captain-coach of the [[Scottsdale Football Club]]. He won the [[Northern Tasmanian Football Association (1886–1986)|Northern Tasmanian Football Association]] goalkicking in 1952 with 40 goals. He finished his playing career with Ringarooma in the [[North East Football Union]];<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article149506628 Bright Season Ahead for N.E.F.U., ''The North-Eastern Advertiser'', (Friday, 23 April 1954), p.7.]</ref> and, in 1956, he kicked 105 goals for the season.<br />
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==Actor==<br />
In 1947, while he was living in Benalla,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243845177 Brown, Alf, "'Ned Kelly' hits the Town", ''The Herald'', (Friday, 9 January 1948), p.1.]</ref> Chitty ("a good horseman and bushman")<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article259331160 Ex-Football Captain in Ned Kelly Film, ''The Southern Cross News'', (Friday, 7 November 1947), p.1.]</ref> starred as [[bushranger]] [[Ned Kelly]] in the critically panned feature film, ''[[The Glenrowan Affair]]'', that was released in 1951.<ref>[https://search.informit.org/doi/pdf/10.3316/informit.609527460614825 Gaunson, Stephen (2009), "B for Bad, B for Bogus and B for Bold: Rupert Kathner, ''The Glenrowan Affair'' and Ned Kelly", ''Colloquy'', No.18, (December 2009), pp.193-207.]</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
He died at [[Launceston, Tasmania]] on 4 April 1985.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==References==<br />
* [https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=652225&c=WW2 World War Two Nominal Roll: Private Robert Main-Warring Chitty (V371762), ''Department of Veterans' Affairs''.]<br />
* '''B883''', '''V371762''': World War Two Service Record: Private Robert Main-Warring Chitty (V371762), ''National Archives of Australia''.<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* {{AFL Tables|ref=B/Bob_Chitty.html}}<br />
* {{AustralianFootball|ref=Bob%20Chitty/6105}}<br />
* [http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/Bob+Chitty Bob Chitty, at ''Boyles Football Photos'']<br />
* [http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Bob+Chitty Blueseum Biography: Bob Chitty]<br />
* [http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=The+Tribunal%3A+Bob+Chitty&highlight=bob%20chitty Blueseum: Bob Chitty's Tribunal Record]<br />
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