Bob Edmond

Bob Edmond (born 29 December 1948 in Scotland) is a former Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s and won two Commonwealth Games silver medals in weightlifting.[1]

Bob Edmond
Personal information
Full name	Bob Edmond
Date of birth	(1948-12-29) 29 December 1948
Place of birth	Scotland
Original team(s)	Bairnsdale
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1967–1968	Carlton	10 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1968.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bob Edmond

Medal record
Commonwealth Games
	1978 Edmonton	Weightlifting
	1982 Brisbane	Weightlifting

Although predominantly a defender, Edmond could also play as a ruckman. Like his younger brother Jim, who captained VFL club Footscray, Edmond joined the league from Bairnsdale. He spent just two seasons at Carlton, including their premiership year of 1968, where he made seven appearances but could not break into the finals side.

Edmond represented Australia in the Super Heavyweight division of weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics and finished in seventh position. He then competed at the 1978 Commonwealth Games, also in Canada, winning a silver medal with a lift of 322.5 kg. Edmond finally competed at the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games and again finished with the silver, with the gold going to fellow Australian Dean Lukin.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bob Edmond Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.

External links

• Bob Edmond's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.