Bob Lane (Australian footballer)

Bob Lane
Personal information
Full name	Robert Lane
Nickname(s)	Rocky
Date of birth	(1946-02-12)12 February 1946
Date of death
Original team(s)	Kerang
Height/Weight	188 cm / 85.5 kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1966	Carlton	2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1966 season.

Bob "Rocky" Lane (12 February 1946 – 13 July 1979) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He managed only the briefest of opportunities at the VFL level, coming on late in the last quarter in both of his appearances. He transferred to Williamstown, and later played and coached for many other clubs as he moved due to his career progression.

On 13 July 1979, working as a Detective Senior Constable with Victoria Police, Lane accompanied a suspect to a campsite at Kyalite. While searching the property, the suspect shot Bob twice with a rifle that he had previously hidden, killing him instantly. Following a massive manhunt involving both Victorian and New South Wales police members, the suspect was apprehended 7 days later after he had fled in the police car, and was sentenced to life in prison. He was released just 13 years later.

External links

• Bob Lane's statistics from AFL Tables
• Bob Lane's profile at Blueseum
• On This Day - July 13, 1979 - Melbourne Murder Tours
• The Sydney Morning Herald - Jul 15, 1979 - "Rocky, the hero cop..."
• The Age - Jul 16, 1979 - "Police hunt murder couple in outback"
• The Sydney Morning Herald - Jul 19, 1979 - "Youth has vowed not to surrender police say"
• The Sydney Morning Herald - Oct 24, 1979 "Detective denies threat against murder suspect"
• The Age - Nov 6, 1979 - "Murder case"
• The Age - Oct 8, 1979 "Police urge trust fund action over widows"
• Victorian Police Blue Ribbon Foundation Honour Roll
• National Police Memorial Honour Roll