Bob Pratt
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"Harold Robert "Bob" Pratt, senior" was an Australian rules footballer who represented Sydney Swans/South Melbourne in the Australian Football League/Victorian Football League (VFL) and Coburg Football Club/Coburg in the Victorian Football League/Victorian Football Association (VFA) during the 1930s and 1940s.

Considered "arguably the best full-forward in the history of Australian rules", Pratt was one of the inaugural legends inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996.

Known for Specky/spectacular diving and high flying marks, he topped the club's goalkicking for the first time in 1932 VFL season/1932 with 71 goals and for the next three seasons passed 100 goals. His total of 150 goals in 1934 VFL season/1934 was a List of VFL/AFL records/VFL/AFL record which stood alone until Peter Hudson equalled it in 1971 VFL season/1971. Pratt also kicked ten or more goals in a game eight times, including 15 goals in a single game. His son, Bob Pratt, Jr. also played for South Melbourne.

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