Bob Suter (Australian footballer)

Bob Suter (9 June 1928 – 17 September 2016) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Bob Suter
Suter during his Essendon career
Personal information
Date of birth	(1928-06-09)9 June 1928
Date of death	17 September 2016(2016-09-17) (aged 88)
Original team(s)	Broadford
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1956–1958	Essendon	22 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1958.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Recruited from Broadford^[1] where he was runner up in the 1954 Waranga North East Football Association best and fairest award, the Keith D. Bryant Trophy.^[2] Suter also won Broadford's club best and fairest award in 1953 and 1954.^[3]

Suter was a back pocket in the losing Essendon team against Melbourne in the 1957 VFL Grand Final and featured in the famous 1957 VFL grand final photo of Bob tackling Ron Barassi.^[4]

Suter later played with Kyneton in the Bendigo Football League, prior to returning to play with Broadford, where he won the club's 1963 best and fairest award.^[5]

External links

• Bob Suter's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Bob Suter's obituary
• 1957 photo of Essendon's Bob Suter