{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Robert Semmens | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|12|5|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | originalteam = East Launceston | height = 173 cm | weight = 79 kg | position = | statsend = 1984 | years1 = 1981 | club1 = Richmond | games_goals1 = {{0}}5 (0) | years2 = 1983–1984 | club2 = Footscray | games_goals2 = {{0}}7 (3) | games_goalstotal = 12 (3) | careerhighlights = }}
'''Robert Semmens''' (born 5 December 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}</ref>
Semmens, at the age of 15, represented the Tasmanians Schoolboys at the 1977 Jubilee National Football Carnival. The team went undefeated and in 2013 was inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame as a "legendary" team.<ref>''Cobden Timboon Coast Times'', [http://www.ctctimes.com.au/index.php/sports-replica/item/298-schoolboy-days-entered-into-hall-of-fame "Schoolboy days entered into Hall of Fame"], 10 July 2013</ref>
In the early 1980s, Semmens played in the VFL, making five appearances for Richmond and seven for Footscray.<ref name=AFLTables>[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/R/Robert_Semmens.html AFL Tables: Robert Semmens]</ref> In between his stints at those two clubs he played for Norwood in the South Australian National Football League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redlegsmuseum.com.au/ON_FIELD/PLAYERS/SEMMENS__Robert.aspx|title=Robert Semmens|publisher=Redlegs Museum (Norwood Football Club)|accessdate=21 August 2014}}</ref>
Semmens then played with Williamstown in the Victorian Football Association.<ref>''The Age'', [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=STRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ApUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5991,4282305 "Unbeaten Run Ends After 23 Matches"], 24 June 1985, p. 29</ref>
He competed in the Hampden Football Netball League in 1990, for Cobden, where he still lives.<ref>''Cobden Standard'', [http://www.standard.net.au/story/1627500/cobden-man-inducted-into-tasmanias-football-hall-of-fame/ "Cobden man inducted into Tasmania's football hall of fame"], Aidan Fawkes, 10 July 2013</ref>
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