Cats legend Bob Davis dies

[LostDoggy]

Jon Anderson
From: Herald Sun
May 17, 2011

GEELONG legend Bob Davis has died, aged 82.

Davis, who has been ill in recent months, was admitted to hospital on the weekend and died suddenly on Monday night.

He played 189 games with the Cats from 1948-58, including the 1951-52 premierships, and was club captain from 1955-58.

He then coached the Cats from 1960-65, taking them to the 1963 premiership.

Davis was recruited to Geelong from Clunes, having twice been knocked back by South Melbourne in an attempt to play in the VFL.

His friends knew him as “Woofa” but during his playing days his great pace led to a nickname of the Geelong Flier after the train that travelled from Melbourne to Geelong.

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R.I.P Bobby.

[EasternWest]

Sad. I always liked hearing him talk.

[DOG GOD]

Always came across as a genuinely nice guy. RIP Bobby.

[The Coon Dog]

Some of his favourite sayings:


'Dead set fair dinkum unbeleivable'!

'The Cricket Ground'.

'The Grammar'.

[The Pie Man]

One of the only times I found Sam Newman remotely funny was his gentle ribbibng of 'Bobby' as they clearly had rapport.

RIP Bob

[LostDoggy]

One of those guys nobody disliked in any capacity. Terrible news.

[KT31]

R.I.P. Bobby,
As a young bloke watching you on telly with EJ and Captain Blood was always great entertainment.

[Sockeye Salmon]

R.I.P. Bobby,
As a young bloke watching you on telly with EJ and Captain Blood was always great entertainment.

League Teams was grouse

[strebla]

Yeah loved the three monkeys but W.O.S was the show that gave us children of the seventies a passion for all sport for that I am always thankfull.
R.I.P Bobbie and thankyou

[Desipura]

3 years ago when we were playing Geelong at the cattery (1st vs 2nd) . I was in the Pivotonians function room and as you could imagine filled with Geelong supporters.
I was one of the few brave enough to go in with a Dogs scarf, Bobby saw me from a distance and gae me a look that said "what the hell is that around your scarf?"
I just kissed my scarf and smiled back at him.

[Remi Moses]

Sad Sad Loss. The childhood memories of Jack, Lou and Bobby were priceless.

[LostDoggy]

RIP Bob.

[angelopetraglia]

Great memories of watching Bob on the box growing up. What a character. This great game of ours does throw up some absolute gems.

RIP Bob Davis. Your cats did you proud tonight.

[LostDoggy]

I remember on WOS bobby being asked to name names when describing a poor bears team. The other panelists threw him names and his responses were like.
No
No
Too slow
No
Needs to catch a bus
No

[Twodogs]

I remember on WOS bobby being asked to name names when describing a poor bears team. The other panelists threw him names and his responses were like.
No
No
Too slow
No
Needs to catch a bus
No

I remember him criticising Geelong on League Teams one night and Lou Richards goading him into naming names. Bobby pulled the Footy record out of his pocket and gave a short critique of each player. He read down the list by numerical order and waved his hand in contempt as he did it, "rubbish" "cant kick" "should be playing in a country league somewhere".


IIRC he also said that Brad Hardie would never make it before the 1985 season and took a lot of stick when Hardie won the brownlow.