Bill Cleary (Australian footballer)
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Bill Cleary | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | William Cleary | ||
Date of birth | 26 October 1868 | ||
Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
Original team(s) | South Ballarat | ||
Height/Weight | 177 cm / 68 kg | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1897-99 | Fitzroy | 21 (6) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899 season.
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Bill 'Bice' Cleary (26 October 1868 – 27 January 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Cleary came from South Ballarat and was 28 when he captained Fitzroy in the inaugural VFL season. He lost the captaincy to Alec Sloan the following season. His final league game was as a forward pocket Fitzroy's 1899 Grand Final triumph, having come into the side towards the end of the season after not playing for over a year.
References
- Bill Cleary's statistics from AFL Tables
- Bill Cleary's profile from AustralianFootball.com
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Fitzroy Football Club players
- South Ballarat Football Club players
- 1942 deaths
- Australian rules biography, pre-1880 birth stubs