Bill Dolphin

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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

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

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Bill Dolphin

| image = Bill Dolphin 1907 punch.jpg

| caption = Dolphin in 1907

| fullname = William Harold Dolphin

| birth_date = 5 November 1881

| birth_place = Chewton, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1969|9|9|1881|11|5|df=yes}}

| death_place = Brighton, Victoria

| originalteam = Yarrawonga

| height =

| weight =

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| statsend = 1911

| years1 = 1905–1911

| club1 = South Melbourne

| games_goals1 = 100 (0)

| careerhighlights =

}}

William Harold Dolphin (5 November 1881 – 9 September 1969){{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Bill%2BDolphin/2052|title=Bill Dolphin - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=14 March 2015}} was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Dolphin was a fullback from Yarrawonga, who captained South Melbourne in 1907 in 1908.{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}} He captained his club in the 1907 VFL Grand Final, which they lost narrowly to Carlton. An injury cost him a place in South Melbourne's 1909 premiership team, after playing in their preliminary final win the previous week. In 1911 he became just the fifth South Melbourne player to reach 100 VFL games.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/B/Bill_Dolphin.html AFL Tables: Bill Dolphin]