BIO

Robert Andrew Murray Little was born in Sale, Victoria on 23 June 1900.

Little played football for Melbourne University and trained with St. Kilda without ever gaining selection.

In June 1918 he enlisted in the AIF but was discharged in December of the same year without seeing active service.

In January 1919 Little left Melbourne to take up an appointment as a biology teacher at St Peters College in Adelaide.

Norwood, after a very poor start to the 1919 season were keen to procure Little’s services. He was not as keen but eventually agreed to be included in the side to play against West Torrens on 7 June. He had a reputation as an, “enterprising forward player.”

Little’s Norwood career was to be a very brief one. Having played in an 11 point loss to West Torrens he then fronted for the following game against Port Adelaide at Norwood. It was to be his last appearance.

Being part of the side that suffered an 11 goal loss to Port on its own oval would have done nothing to foster his enthusiasm. Little made the decision to retire from football. He later returned to Melbourne in December 1921 to resume medical studies at the University of Melbourne.

He later moved to South Africa where he married Maisie Maud Arnott in Natal in May 1947. He died on 11 March 1953 in Escombe, KwaZulu Natal.

B Ridge April 2020, M Giles December 2025

* The photograph was kindly supplied by Andrea McKinnon-Matthews, Archivist, St Peters College