Bobby Kinnear (c. 1851–1935) was born near Stawell. He was an Aboriginal Australian sprinter from the Ebenezer Mission Station, at Antwerp, Victoria, who was discovered by former champion runner, Sam Hughes.
Kinnear won the Stawell Gift in 1883.
Kinnear died in January 1935. He was from the Avoca tribe, Yairy-Yairy.
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