Bill Dempsey

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Bill Dempsey
MBE
Personal information
Full name William Brian Dempsey
Date of birth (1942-03-17) 17 March 1942 (age 82)
Place of birth Birdum, Northern Territory
Position(s)
Ruckman
, back pocket
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1960–1976 West Perth 341 (89)[1]
1959–1969 Darwin (NTFL) 145
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1963–1973 Western Australia 14 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1976.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

William Brian Dempsey

Western Australian National Football League (WANFL). Dempsey is an inductee of both the AFL Northern Territory and the West Australian Football Halls of Fame. Dempsey's 341 premiership games for West Perth is second only to Mel Whinnen
's 367 as a club and WAFL record.

Career

An

interstate match against Tasmania at Subiaco Oval in June 1963, and went on to play 14 matches for the state, including two matches at the 1972 Australian Championships.[7] Dempsey played 341 premiership games and two pre-season/night series games for West Perth before retiring at the end of the 1976 season.[4]

Dempsey was made a

Malcolm Rosas Jr, is an AFL player for the Gold Coast Suns.[15]

Notes

1 The Northern Territory Football League season is played during the wet season in the Northern Territory, which usually occurs between December and March. Hence, NTFL seasons are usually written to encompass two years e.g. the 1959–60 season refers to the season played between December 1959 and March 1960.
2 Buffaloes changed its name to the Darwin Football Club for the 1962–63 season, having previously been known as Warriors (1917–18) and Vesteys (1918–26).

References

  1. ^ These tallies refer to premiership matches (home-and-away and finals matches) only.
  2. ^ West Australian Football Hall of Fame members – West Australian Football Commission. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  3. ^ Bill Dempsey LEGEND – (1958-1976) – AFLNT. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  4. ^ a b c Bill Dempsey (Darwin & West Perth) Archived 4 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine – FullPointsFooty. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  5. ^ Kennedy, Tom; ‘West Impressive in a Form Recovery’; The Sunday Times, 13 August 1967, p. 80
  6. ^ West Perth Football Club Medallists Archived 14 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine – West Perth Football Club (Inc). Retrieved from iinet.net.au, 3 February 2012.
  7. ^ State games 1951–2010 – wafootball.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  8. London Gazette
    . Published 12 June 1976. Retrieved from an online source, 3 February 2012.
  9. ^ West Perth Official 'Team of the Century' Archived 11 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine – FullPointsFooty. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  10. ^ Hall of Fame Inductees – wafootball.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  11. ^ AFLNT Legends – aflnt.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  12. ^ Team for the Ages: Indigenous Team of the Century – sportingpulse. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  13. ^ Patersons Stadium history Archived 13 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine – wafootball.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  14. ^ MEMBERS RESERVED SEATING Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine – West Perth Football Club. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  15. ^ Mal Rosas, grandson of WA great Bill Dempsey, to make debut for Gold Coast – thewest.com.au. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

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