Bill Brittingham

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Bill Brittingham

| image =

| birth_date = 5 September 1923

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|6|18|1923|9|5|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = Warrnambool (HFL)

| height = 183 cm

| weight = 83 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1952

| years1 = 1943–1952

| club1 = Essendon

| games_goals1 = 172 (181)

| careerhighlights = * Essendon premiership player: 1946, 1949 & 1950

• Essendon best and fairest runner-up: 1950

}}

Bill Brittingham (5 September 1923 – 18 June 1996) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

He played in the Essendon premiership teams of 1946, 1949 and 1950. He originally played at full forward, winning the league goal kicking award in 1946, then switched full back in his latter years.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244381453 |title=Brittingham to retire |newspaper=The Herald |issue=23,453 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=25 July 1952 |access-date=20 January 2021 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}