Robert Troughton (17 June 1904 – 17 August 1988) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played with

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in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL) during the early 1930s. Troughton played as both a wingman and rover, also at times used up forward. He started his career at

Broken Hill Football League The AFL Broken Hill (formerly, Broken Hill Football League) is an Australian rules football competition based in the Broken Hill region of New South Wales, Australia which has been running since 1890, and since 1900 with the current four clubs. ...

club North Broken Hill before moving to Adelaide to play for

South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's sports governing body, governing body for the sport. ...

(SANFL) club West Torrens, topping their goalkicking in 1928 and 1929. Geelong recruited him for the 1930 VFL season and he played in their losing

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that year and their premiership the following season.

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* * 1904 births 1988 deaths Australian rules footballers from New South Wales Geelong Football Club players Geelong Football Club premiership players West Torrens Football Club players North Broken Hill Football Club players VFL/AFL premiership players 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1904-stub