Robert Michael Makeham (6 November 1901 – 3 February 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

He married Doris Mary McKinnon (1902–1989) on 12 September 1934, at Dandenong, Victoria.

Football

Recruited from the Kernot Football Club (the 1922 premiers) in the Bass Valley Football Association in southeastern Victoria.

Collingwood (VFL)

After being part of losing VFL Grand Finals in 1925 and 1926 he played in Collingwood premiership sides the next four seasons. A versatile player, Makeham played his early football as a centre-half forward and follower before settling into the half back and half forward flanks.

Maryborough (BFL)

Makeham coached the Maryborough Football Club in the Bendigo Football League (BFL) in 1933, in which they lost the 1933 BFL grand final to Sandhurst.

Death

He died at Korumburra South on 3 February 1974.