{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (born 1951)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Robert Whatman | image = | fullname = Robert Bruce Whatman | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|1|29|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | originalteam = Manuka<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> | height = | weight = | position = | statsend = 1974 | years1 = 1972–1974 | club1 = {{AFL Gee}} | games_goals1 = 34 (17) | careerhighlights = }} '''Robert Bruce Whatman''' (born 29 January 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (now known as the Australian Football League).<ref name="Australian Football — Robert Whatman — Player Bio">{{cite web|title=Australian Football — Robert Whatman — Player Bio|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/robert%2Bwhatman/10555|publisher=australianfootball.com|accessdate=26 November 2014}}</ref>
Whatman is best remembered for a game against Collingwood at Kardinia Park in August 1972. He was one of the two reserves for Geelong, who were 31 points behind at three-quarter time. Whatman came off the bench and helped spark a dramatic Geelong revival, kicking 3 goals 2 behinds in the last quarter, with Geelong kicking 7 goals 3 behinds to Collingwood's 2 goals 2 behinds and winning the game by a solitary point.<ref>{{cite web |title=Round: 20 Venue: Kardinia Park |url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1972/040919720819.html |website=AFL Tables |accessdate=2018-07-22}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{AFL Tables | R/Robert_Whatman }} * {{AustralianFootball | robert+whatman/10555 }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Whatman, Robert}} Category:1951 births Category:Living people Category:Geelong Football Club players Category:Manuka Football Club players Category:Australian rules footballers from the Australian Capital Territory Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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