Bill Serong
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1936–2024)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Bill Serong
| image =
| fullname = William Michael Serong
| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|5|5|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|05|20|1936|5|5|df=y}}
| death_place =
| originalteam = CBC Parade
| height = 183 cm
| weight = 83 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1962
| years1 = 1956–1961
| club1 = Collingwood
| games_goals1 = {{0}}98 (52)
| years2 = 1962
| club2 = North Melbourne
| games_goals2 = {{0}}16 {{0}}(8)
| games_goalstotal = 114 (60)
| careerhighlights =
}}
William Michael Serong (5 May 1936 – 20 May 2024) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood and North Melbourne in the VFL.{{Cite web |date=22 May 2024 |title=Vale Bill Serong |url=https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/1560652/vale-bill-serong |access-date=22 May 2024 |website=collingwoodfc.com.au |language=en}}
Serong went to the Christian Brothers' College in Victoria Parade, and was the Australian handball champion in 1974, aged 38.
Football
Serong usually played as a centreman but was also seen on the half forward flanks. He made his league debut in 1956 with Collingwood and played in their 1958 premiership side as well as two losing grand finals with the club. In 1959 he placed equal second in the Brownlow Medal count. He finished his career with a season at North Melbourne in 1962, winning their best and fairest award.
He was captain-coach of Echuca in the 1963 and 1964 Bendigo Football League seasons. Serong won the 1965 - Bendigo FL best and fairest award, the Michelsen Medal.{{cite web |title=1965 - Bendigo FL - Michelsen Medal |url=http://www.bendigofnl.com.au/images/downloads/history/Jul2016-Michelsen-Medal.pdf |website=Bendigo Football League |accessdate=15 November 2020}} Serong also won Echuca's best and fairest award in 1964 and 1965.{{cite web |title=Echuca FNC - Best & Fairest |url=https://websites.sportstg.com/club_info.cgi?client=1-6165-80578-337599-21790808&sID=109428&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=11292299 |website=Echuca FNC |accessdate=15 November 2020}}
Serong played one game for Camberwell Football Club in 1967.{{cite web |title=Camberwell FC History - Part 3 |url=http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/article123-Cheer-Cheer-on-Our-Camberwell-Tricolours-Wells-Cobras-Part-Three |website= Boyles Football Photos|publisher=Boyles Photos |accessdate=15 November 2020}}
Death
See also
References
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Sources
- [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LTpVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZpUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6267%2C4729726 A Smash Hit, The Age, (Thursday, 25 March 1965), p.28.]
External links
- {{AFL Tables|ref=B/Bill_Serong.html}}
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=bill%2Bserong/8623}}
- [https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/bill-serong Bill Serong] at ''Collingwood Forever.
{{1958 Collingwood premiership players}}
{{Syd Barker Medal}}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:Players of Australian handball
Category:Collingwood Football Club players
Category:Collingwood Football Club premiership players
Category:North Melbourne Football Club players
Category:Echuca Football Club players
Category:Camberwell Football Club players
Category:Syd Barker Medal winners
Category:VFL/AFL premiership players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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