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Robert Burns Hotel

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Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Robert Burns Hotel
Phone:
+61 3 9417 2233

Hours:
Sunday12pm - 12am
Monday5pm - 12am
Tuesday12pm - 12am
Wednesday12pm - 12am
Thursday12pm - 12am
Friday12pm - 12am
Saturday12pm - 12am


Robert Henry Bob Nash was a leading Australian rules footballer who captained Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League and captain coached Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football Association . Nash is best known as the father of Test cricketer and leading footballer Laurie Nash.Born in Melbourne, the son of Mick Nash, who played for Carlton when it was part of the VFA, Nash played for Northcote until his recruitment by Collingwood in 1904. Nash became a leading player at Collingwood, playing 88 games and kicking 14 goals in six seasons Regarded as a powerful player who was a good mark and kick, he captained Collingwood in 1908 and 1909 and represented Victoria at the first interstate carnival in Melbourne in 1908.After leaving Collingwood at the end of the 1910 VFL season, Nash spent two years as captain-coach of VFA side Footscray before retiring at the end of 1912.Initially employed as a gas stoker, Nash became a policeman, and went on strike in 1923 for better pay. He was dismissed from the force as a result and instead moved his family to Tasmania to run the hotel at Parattah. There he oversaw the sporting development of Laurie and his other son, Robert Jnr and initially encouraged Laurie to concentrate on cricket rather than football, and then refused to allow Laurie to play senior football until age 19.Nash collapsed and died at the Melbourne Cricket Ground while a Collingwood match.
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