Bill Ward (footballer, born 1891)
{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
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| name = Bill Ward
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| fullname = William Henry Ward
| birth_date = {{birth date|1891|11|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kew, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1978|02|21|1891|11|16|df=y}}
| death_place = Camberwell, Victoria
| originalteam = Glenhuntly
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| statsend = 1911
| years1 = 1911
| club1 = {{AFL StK}}
| games_goals1 = 1 (0)
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William Henry Ward (16 November 1891 – 21 February 1978) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.923.
Family
The son of William Mathew Ward (-1939),[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205988645 Deaths: Ward, The Age, (Thursday, 9 March 1938), p.1.] and Anne Ward, née Haines, William Henry Ward was born at Kew, Victoria on 16 November 1891.
He married Jennie May Foster in 1915.
Football
One of nine new players in the team, Ward played his only First XVIII match for St Kilda against Carlton, at Princes park, on 29 July 1911. They were required because many of the regular St Kilda First XVIII players were on strike.
The other new players were: Alby Bowtell, Roy Cazaly, Claude Crowl, Peter Donnelly, Alf Hammond, Otto Opelt, Rowley Smith, and Tom Soutar — and, including that match, and ignoring Harrie Hattam (16 games), Bert Pierce (41 games), and Bill Woodcock (65 games), the very inexperienced team's remaining fifteen players had only played a total of 46 matches.
Death
He died at Camberwell, Victoria on 21 February 1978.
Notes
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References
- {{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}}
External links
- {{AFL Tables|ref=B/Bill_Ward1.html}}
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=bill%2Bward/2915}}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Category:St Kilda Football Club players
Category:People from Kew, Victoria
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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