Bob Bonnett lived at 278 Williamstown Road during part of his long career at Port Melbourne Football Club. Bonnett joined Port Melbourne’s seconds in 1951 and played his first senior game in 1952, and would play for a total of 229 games for the club over his career until retiring in 1963. Bonnett is best known for his record-breaking goal-kicking, with a total of 933 goals for Port Melbourne over the 12 years of his senior career making him the third-highest goal-kicker in VFA history. In honour of this achievement, in 2014 the Williamstown Road end goals of North Port Oval were named after Bonnett. After retiring from the senior team in 1963, Bonnett returned to the seconds as captain-coach before returning to coach the seniors from 1969 to 1971.
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