Bill Jackson (Australian footballer)
Bill Jackson | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | William Charles Jackson | ||
Date of birth | 13 April 1874 | ||
Place of birth | Stawell, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 11 September 1921 | (aged 47)||
Place of death | Collie, Western Australia[1] | ||
Original team(s) | Ballarat Imperials | ||
Position(s) | Follower, forward | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1898–1900 | Essendon | 27 (22) | |
1903 | St Kilda | 6 (3) | |
Total | 33 (25) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1903. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Bill 'Newhaven' Jackson (13 April 1874 – 11 September 1921) was an Australian cyclist and an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
Football
Jackson, who was nicknamed after a
At the end of the 1899 season, in the process of naming his own "champion player", the football correspondent for The Argus ("Old Boy"), selected a team of the best players of the 1899 VFL competition:
Backs: Maurie Collins (Essendon), Bill Proudfoot (Collingwood), Peter Burns (Geelong); Halfbacks: Pat Hickey (Fitzroy), George Davidson (South Melbourne), Alf Wood (Melbourne); Centres: Fred Leach (Collingwood), Firth McCallum (Geelong), Harry Wright (Essendon); Wings: Charlie Pannam (Collingwood), Eddie Drohan (Fitzroy), Herb Howson (South Melbourne); Forwards: Bill Jackson (Essendon), Eddy James (Geelong), Charlie Colgan (South Melbourne); Ruck: Mick Pleass (South Melbourne), Frank Hailwood (Collingwood), Joe McShane (Geelong); Rovers: Dick Condon (Collingwood), Bill McSpeerin (Fitzroy), Teddy Rankin (Geelong).
From those he considered to be the three best players — that is, Condon, Hickey, and Pleass — he selected Pat Hickey as his "champion player" of the season. ('Old Boy', "Football: A Review of the Season", (Monday, 18 September 1899), p.6).
Cycling
Also a successful cyclist, Jackson won Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic in 1897[3] and two Australian Cycling Championships.[4]
See also
Notes
- ^ "DEATH OF "NEWHAVEN" JACKSON". Sunday Times (Perth). No. 1237. Western Australia. 18 September 1921. p. 2.
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.432.
- ^ "WARRNAMBOOL TO MELBOURNE ROAD RACE". Referee. No. 570. New South Wales, Australia. 29 September 1897. p. 3.
- ^ "W. C. JACKSON". Weekly Times. No. 1, 547. Victoria, Australia. 1 April 1899. p. 17.
References
- 'Follower', "The Footballers' Alphabet", The Leader, (Saturday, 23 July 1898), p.17.
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
External links
- Bill Jackson's playing statistics from AFL Tables