Rowland Hill Watt (17 July 1898 – 27 July 1970) 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 for
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club, in the Australian Football League
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
United Kin ...
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).
Watt arrived at Essendon from Rochester and spent a season with
Essendon Association before joining their VFL club. He was one of the small players in the team which saw them called the 'Mosquito Fleet' and he was a member of their 1923 and 1924 premiership sides. Although he started as a centreman he spent most of his time at Essendon either as a wingman, half forward flanker and occasionally roving.
Watt returned to Rochester as captain-coach of Rochester in 1932.
His younger brother
Rod Watt played briefly with Essendon in the mid-1920s.
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1898 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Essendon Football Club players
Essendon Football Club premiership players
Essendon Association Football Club players
Rochester Football Club players
1970 deaths
VFL/AFL premiership players
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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