Bill Thripp

Bill Thripp
Personal information
Full name William Thripp
Date of birth (1940-01-26)26 January 1940
Date of death 15 February 2007(2007-02-15) (aged 67)
Original team(s) Richmond Scouts
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1959–1962 Collingwood 46 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1962.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bill Thripp (26 January 1940 – 15 February 2007)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Thripp, the father of Sydney utility Terry,[3] was recruited from Richmond Scouts. He played as a centre half back in the Collingwood team which lost the 1960 VFL Grand Final.[4]

He later coached the Warners Bay Bulldogs in the Newcastle Australian Football League and steered them to a maiden premiership in 1984, going through the entire season undefeated.

References

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  1. ^ "Bill Thripp". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  2. ^ Bill Thripp's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  3. ^ Hillier, K. (2004) Like Father Like Son, Pennon Publishing, Melbourne. ISBN 1-877029-73-4.
  4. ^ Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.