Rob Hess

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Dr Rob Hess is an Adjunct Associate Professor with the Institute for Health and Sport at Victoria University. He is the former president of the Australian Society for Sports History, and currently a regional editor of the International Journal of the History of Sport, and a Heritage Consultant for Netball Victoria. He has edited and co-authored several books on Australian Rules football, including (with Matthew Nicholson, Bob Stewart and Gregory de Moore) A National Game: The History of Australian Rules Football (Viking, 2008), and (with Brunette Lenkic) Play On! The Hidden History of Women's Australian Rules Football (Echo, 2016), and (with Matthew Nicholson, Bob Stewart and Greg de Moore) Australia's Game: The History of Australian Football (Hardie Grant, 2021).

His most recent journal articles include:

Geoff Watson, Heather L. Dichter, and Rob Hess, ‘Local, National and Global Histories of Field Hockey: An Overview’, International Journal of the History of Sport, vol. 41, nos 10-11 (2024): pp. 927-938. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09523367.2024.2433364

Rob Hess, ‘Origin Stories: Tracing the Development of Netball in Victoria During the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century’, International Journal of the History of Sport, vol. 39, nos 13-14 (2022), 1436-1461.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09523367.2023.2174977

Experience

  • 1998–present
    Associate professor, College of Sport and Exercise Science, Victoria University

Education

  • 2000 
    Victoria University, PhD
  • 1991 
    University of Alberta, MA
  • 1983 
    La Trobe Unversity, Dip. Ed. (Primary)
  • 1981 
    Monash University, BA (Hons)

Publications

  • 2016
    Play On! The Hidden History of Women's Australian Rules Football, Echo
  • 2011
    Sport, History and Australian Culture: Passionate Pursuits, Walla Walla Press,
  • 2008
    A National Game: The History of Australian Rules Football, Penguin/Viking,

Professional Memberships

  • Australian Society for Sports History
  • British Society for Sports History
  • North American Society for Sport History

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