Bill Crane
Bill Crane | |||
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![]() Crane (right) in 1943 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Bill Crane | ||
Date of birth | 11 January 1924 | ||
Date of death | 2 October 2014 | (aged 90)||
Original team(s) | Williamstown / Abbotsford | ||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1943 | Collingwood | 4 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1943. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Bill Crane (11 January 1924 – 2 October 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Career
[edit]Before playing for the VFL Magpies, Crane played for Abbotsford and came with Des Fothergill to Williamstown in the VFA in 1941 as a 17yo and made two appearances for the Seagulls without kicking a goal before the recess for the Second World War intervened in his career. He went to Footscray in 1942 but failed to play a senior game before arriving at Collingwood in 1943.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
External links
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- Bill Crane's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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