Bill Nolan (footballer, born 1927)

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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

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

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Bill Nolan

| image =

| fullname = William Henry Nolan

| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|11|04|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|08|14|1927|01|04|df=y}}

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| originalteam = Northcote

| height = 183 cm

| weight = 76 kg

| position = Defence

| statsend = 1951

| years1 = 1947–51

| club1 = {{AFL Col}}

| games_goals1 = 60 (0)

| careerhighlights =

}}

William Henry Nolan (4 November 1926 – 14 August 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=660}} He was originally from Northcote and returned to the club after his time at Collingwood.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23170638 |title=Magpie Back in Nest. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=26 March 1952 |accessdate=24 December 2014 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Nolan later played at Daylesford (Ballarat Football League) and coached Kyneton (Bendigo Football League), and he lived in Kyneton after his football career.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176555804 |title=COUNTRY COACHES |newspaper=Sporting Globe |issue=4321 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=14 April 1954 |page=3}}