{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1878–1928)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Bobadil Hooper | image = Bobadil Hooper.png | alt = | caption = Hooper in 1899 | fullname = John William Hooper | nickname = Bobadil | birth_date = 17 March 1878 | birth_place = Carlton, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1928|8|13|1878|3|17|df=yes}} | death_place = Northcote, Victoria | originalteam = West Melbourne (VFA) | height = | weight = | position = | statsend = 1899 | years1 = 1899 | club1 = {{AFL Car}} | games_goals1 = 15 (0) | careerhighlights = }}
'''John William''' "'''Bobadil'''" '''Hooper''' (17 March 1878 – 13 August 1928)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Bob%2BHooper/1278|title=Bob Hooper - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=10 December 2014}}</ref> was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=384}}</ref> He played 15 games with the Carlton team in 1899.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club {{!}} John Hooper|url=http://www.blueseum.org/John+Hooper|access-date=2020-06-25|website=Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club|language=en}}</ref> His nickname is said to have come from a character in Ben Jonson's play ''Every Man in His Humour''.<ref name=":0" />
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== External links == {{Commons category}} *{{AFL Tables|ref=J/John_Hooper.html}} *{{AustralianFootball | john+bobadil+hooper/1278}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hooper, Bobadil}} Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:Carlton Football Club players Category:1878 births Category:1928 deaths Category:West Melbourne Football Club players Category:19th-century Australian sportsmen
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