Robert Fox (born 2 November 1931) is a former

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er who played with

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in the

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(VFL). Fox won Yark Football Club's best and fairest in 1951. and won the Hume Highway Football League's best and fairest award in 1952. Fox hailed from Yarck but was recruited to Essendon via Thornton. He kicked 24 goals from 19 games for Essendon in the

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, three of which came in the semi-final against

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. His last game for Essendon was the 1957 VFL Grand Final, which he played as a

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, in a losing team. He then decided to return to the country and played at Alexandra in 1958. At the end of the year he retired, but later made some appearances for the Katunga Football Club.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fox, Robert 1931 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Essendon Football Club players Living people 20th-century Australian sportsmen