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Robert "Tassie" Johnson (2 December 1937 – 29 October 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s. He was known by his nickname Tassie as there were two other Johnsons at the club at the time he was recruited from North Launceston in Tasmania.

Johnson was a premiership player with Melbourne in 1959, 1960 and 1964. He captained the club during the 1969 season, but they finished in last place.

In 1971 he was captain-coach of Box Hill in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).

In 2004 he was named at full-back in both Melbourne and Tasmania's Team of the Century. In 2015, he died after a long illness.[1]

Statistics

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Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
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Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
H/O
Hit-outs
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T H/O G B K H D M T H/O
1959 Melbourne 8 20 0 0.0 1
1960 Melbourne 8 19 0 0.0 0
1961 Melbourne 8 20 0 0.0 6
1962 Melbourne 8 18 6 0.3 3
1963 Melbourne 8 19 5 0.3 7
1964 Melbourne 8 19 2 0.1 3
1965 Melbourne 8 17 1 0 156 22 178 49 0.1 0.0 9.2 1.3 10.5 2.9 1
1966 Melbourne 8 18 2 1 239 55 294 59 198 0.1 0.1 13.3 3.1 16.3 3.3 11.6 2
1967 Melbourne 8 17 1 2 136 25 161 52 11 0.1 0.1 8.0 1.5 9.5 3.1 0.6 5
1968 Melbourne 8 19 1 1 180 22 202 62 1 0.1 0.1 9.5 1.2 10.6 3.3 0.1 8
1969 Melbourne 8 16 2 1 183 43 226 39 61 0.1 0.1 11.4 2.7 14.1 2.4 3.8 6
Career 202 20 5 894 167 1,061 261 271 0.1 0.1 10.3 1.9 12.2 3.0 4.0 42

References

  1. ^ Burgan, Matt (29 October 2015). "'Tassie' Johnson sadly passes away". Melbourne Football Club. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Tassie Johnson". AFL Tables. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

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