fullname years clubs birth_place position statsend birth_date article_title name
robert francis simunsen 1964 -- 1971 woodville adelaide , south australia centreman 1971 7 june 1941 bob simunsen
 bob simunsen
bob simunsen

robert ` bob ' simunsen -lrb- born 7 june 1941 in adelaide -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer who played with woodville in the south australian national football league -lrb- sanfl -rrb- .
a talented cricketer , he also played some first-class cricket matches in the sheffield shield for south australia .
simunsen , a centreman , was with woodville from their inaugural sanfl season in 1964 .
for the previous five years he had played for the club in the sanfl ` b ' competition as woodville , along with central district , where required to serve an apprenticeship before being admitted .
he won two reserves magarey medals , in 1961 and 1962 , and was also runner up in the award twice .
when they joined the top flight in 1964 , simunsen was made captain and he won their ` best and fairest ' that year .
he went on to win further ` best and fairest ' awards in 1965 and 1966 , also finishing second in the 1966 magarey medal to ron kneebone .
simunsen represented south australia at interstate football for the first time in 1965 , against victoria , and also appeared at the 1966 hobart carnival .
although he did n't continue on as woodville captain after the initial season , simunsen had another stint in 1971 .
his four cricket matches came during the 1972/73 sheffield shield season where he played as a left-handed batsman , making 103 runs at 20.60 .
this included a half century on debut , against john benaud 's new south wales at the adelaide oval .
simunsen , batting in the same side as the chappell brothers and pakistani test cricketer younis ahmed , made 58 in his second innings before being bowled by kerry o'keeffe .
