Robert "Bob" Corbett was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Melbourne

Melbourne Football Club

The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 (VFL).

Corbett, a centreman, came originally from Ballarat team Golden Point

Golden Point Football Club

The Golden Point Football Club were an Australian rules football club which competed in the Ballarat Football League from 1905 to 2000. Golden Point were based in the Ballarat suburb of the same name....

 and was already 24 by the time he made his VFL debut. He was a constant fixture in the Melbourne side during the 1920s and a regular interstate representative.

Just before half time in the 1926 Preliminary Final, Corbett was struck in the face and knocked to the ground by Essendon

Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 player Charlie May

Charlie May (footballer)

Charlie "Chooka" May was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Essendon in the Victorian Football League . He was the father of double Essendon premiership player Wally May....

. Despite returning to the field later in the game, he missed out on playing in Melbourne's premiership win the following week, diagnosed with a broken jaw.

He acted as boundary umpire after retiring and officiated in 40 matches from 1931 to 1933.