Billy Dalton
{{short description|Australian rugby league footballer (1888-1956)}}
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| name = Billy Dalton
| fullname = William Francis Dalton
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| birth_date = 7 May 1888
| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1956|12|19|1888|5|7}}
| death_place = Bexley, New South Wales, Australia
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| position = {{Rlp|HK|LK|PR|SR}}
| club1 = Eastern Suburbs
| year1start = 1911
| year1end = 12
| appearances1 = 14
| tries1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
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| points1 = 0
| club2 = Glebe
| year2start = 1914
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| appearances2 = 1
| tries2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| fieldgoals2 = 0
| points2 = 0
| updated = 11 February 2019
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| relatives = Barney Dalton (brother)
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William Francis Dalton (1888-1956) was a pioneer rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League in the 1911–12 and 1914 seasons.
Playing career
Dalton, a Lock and Paddington Junior, played for the Eastern Suburbs club the year that club won its first premiership in 1911, he was also a member of their second premiership side in 1912.
He finished his career at Glebe in 1914.
Dalton is recognised as being the Sydney Roosters club's 58th player.{{cite web|url=https://www.roosters.com.au/about/past-players/|title=Men's Honour Roll|website=Sydney Roosters|access-date=11 February 2019|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090103/https://www.roosters.com.au/about/past-players/|url-status=dead}}
His brother, Barney Dalton, also played with Eastern Suburbs.Whittacker/Hudson: The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 {{ISBN|1875169571}}
References
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External links
- {{cite book| last1=Whiticker|first1=Alan|last2=Hudson|first2=Glen|title=The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players|year=2007
|publisher=Gary Allen Pty Ltd|location=Wetherill Park, New South Wales|isbn=978-1-877082-93-1|pages=609}}
{{Eastern Suburbs squad 1911 NSWRFL premiership}}
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Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:Glebe rugby league players
Category:Rugby league players from Sydney
Category:Rugby league forwards
Category:Sydney Roosters players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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