Tags: Australian Rules Football Player.
Robert John Bob Skilton (born 8 November 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented South MelbournePlaying as a rover Skilton is one of only four players to have won the Brownlow Medal three times; in 1959 (when he tied with Verdun Howell) and in 1963 and 1968.He was rated by Jack Dyer as better than Haydn Bunton Sr and equal to Dick Reynolds making him one of the best players in the history of the game.Skilton made his senior debut at the age of 17 in round five 1956 and went on to play 237 matches for the ‘Bloods’ before he retired in 1971 at the time a club record.