Bill Lever
{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1904}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Bill Lever
| image =
| fullname = William George Hulme Lever
| birth_date = {{birth date|1904|04|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Prahran, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1986|09|25|1904|04|20|df=yes}}
| death_place =
| originalteam = Rochester
| height = 182 cm
| weight = 80 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1930
| years1 = 1929–30
| club1 = {{AFL Car}}
| games_goals1 = 14 (1)
| careerhighlights =
}}
William George Hulme Lever (20 April 1904 – 25 September 1986){{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Bill%2BLever/4917|title=Bill Lever - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=16 December 2014}} was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=484}}
Family
The son of William Lever (1877–1909) and Sophia Amelia Lever (1882–1962), née Potter, William George Hulme Lever was born at Prahran, Victoria on 20 April 1904.{{cite web |url=https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/- |title=Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria |publisher=Government of Victoria}}
Football
=Carlton (VFL)=
=Preston (VFA)=
Bill Lever subsequently played seven games for Preston in the 1930 season.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Lever, Bill|url=http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Lever,_Bill.php|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-05|website=The VFA Project}}
Military service
Aged 36, Lever enlisted in the Volunteer Defence Corps during World War II in 1940, and served in Melbourne until 1944.{{cite web |url=https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=626300&c=WW2 |title=WWII Nominal Roll: William Lever |publisher=Department of Veterans Affairs}}
Notes
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External links
- {{AFL Tables|ref=B/Bill_Lever.html}}
- [http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Lever,_Bill.php Bill Lever's playing statistics] from The VFA Project
- [http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Bill+Lever Bill Lever's profile] at Blueseum
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Category:Rochester Football Club players
Category:Carlton Football Club players
Category:Northern Bullants players
Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Category:Volunteer Defence Corps soldiers
Category:Military personnel from Melbourne
Category:People from Prahran, Victoria
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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