Bob Chitty
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Bob Chitty was an Australian rules football
er in the Victorian Football League
(VFL).
Chitty made his debut for the Carlton Football Club
in Round 7 of the 1937 season. Chitty left the club after the 1946 season.
In 1951 Chitty starred as Ned Kelly
in the feature film The Glenrowan Affair.
Chitty's brother Peter
played VFL football for St Kilda and later, as a Prisoner of War
in Changi Prison
, was awarded a "Brownlow Medal" for being the Best and Fairest player in the Changi Football League.
After leaving Melbourne he spent some time in both Benalla
and Scottsdale
as a captain-coach.
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 in the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
(VFL).
Chitty made his debut for the Carlton Football Club
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
in Round 7 of the 1937 season. Chitty left the club after the 1946 season.
In 1951 Chitty starred as Ned Kelly
Ned Kelly
Edward "Ned" Kelly was an Irish Australian bushranger. He is considered by some to be merely a cold-blooded cop killer — others, however, consider him to be a folk hero and symbol of Irish Australian resistance against the Anglo-Australian ruling class.Kelly was born in Victoria to an Irish...
in the feature film The Glenrowan Affair.
Chitty's brother Peter
Peter Chitty
Leslie Allan "Peter" Chitty BEM was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League and who won the only "Changi Brownlow" awarded in the Prisoner of War Changi Football League....
played VFL football for St Kilda and later, as a Prisoner of War
Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...
in Changi Prison
Changi Prison
Changi Prison is a prison located in Changi in the eastern part of Singapore.-First prison and POW camp:...
, was awarded a "Brownlow Medal" for being the Best and Fairest player in the Changi Football League.
After leaving Melbourne he spent some time in both Benalla
Benalla Football Club
The Benalla Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Goulburn Valley Football League.The club is based in Benalla, Victoria....
and Scottsdale
Scottsdale Football Club
The Scottsdale Football Club is an Australian rules football club which competed in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association between 1948 and 1986. Scottsdale joined the Northern Tasmanian Football League in 1987...
as a captain-coach.