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Bob Hempel

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Bob Hempel
Personal information
Full name Robert William Hempel
Born (1936-11-09) 9 November 1936
Original team Yarraville
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1955-57 Yarraville (VFA) 10 (14)
1957 Footscray 02 0(2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1957.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robert William Hempel (born 9 November 1936) is a convicted serious sex offender[1] and a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

After leaving Footscray, he played country football with Benalla, Euroa and Wangaratta Rovers, being selected in the Ovens & Murray League representative teams on several occasions.[3]

In 2022 Hempel was arrested on 14 child sexual abuse charges.[4] He plead guilty to seven charges of child abuse of a boy under 16. On 3 June 2026 Hempel was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment to serve 6 months in custody with the remaining 2 years 6 months suspended.[1]

Notes

  1. "The shame is yours: man jailed for historic sexual abuse". www.wangarattachronicle.com.au. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 386. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. "Give the Hemps a go..." KB Hill.
  4. "Elderly former local businessman facing jail over child abuse". www.wangarattachronicle.com.au. Retrieved 6 June 2026.