Robert Flower

Robert Alan Flower, nicknamed Tulip, lived from 5 August 1955 to 2 October 2014 and was an Australian rules footballer who spent his whole career with the Melbourne Football Club. He made his debut against Geelong in 1973, captained the club from 1981 until his last game in 1987 and held the club record of 272 games until David Neitz passed it in 2006. A thin wingman who weighed about 68 kilograms, he was admired for his speed, tactical awareness and accurate kicking and handpassing, and he played in a final only in his last three games. He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996 and named on the wing in Melbourne's Team of the Century.