Bob Galbally
Australian rules footballer

Bob Galbally

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Australian rules footballer
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Birth:
18 January 1921
Death:
14 April 2004
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Robert Thomas John "Bob" Galbally FRACP (18 January 1921 – 14 April 2004) was a doctor and Australian rules footballer.

He attended St Patrick's College and studied medicine at the University of Melbourne. He graduated in 1944. He first worked at Melbourne's St Vincent's Hospital then for a few months in general practice with his brother-in-law at Coburg before moving to a practice at Hartwell. After 30 years, he moved the practice to East Camberwell until he retired in 2000.

Football

Galbally played 8 games with the Collingwood in 1944 in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

Galbally was the seventh of nine children of William and Eileen Galbally. Two of his brothers, Jack Galbally MLC and Frank Galbally, also played for Collingwood and were criminal lawyers. Sister Kathleen Galbally was an anaesthetist and brother Bryan Galbally a specialist in intensive care. He married Joan Collins in 1945 and they had nine children.