Bill Nicholls (Australian footballer)
Bill Nicholls | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | William Lindsay Nicholls | ||
Date of birth | 2 January 1981 | ||
Original team(s) | Falcons | ||
Draft |
69th, 1999 AFL Draft | ||
Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2001 | Hawthorn | 6 (5) | |
2003–2004 | Richmond | 10 (2) | |
Total | 16 (7) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2004. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
William Lindsay Nicholls[1] (born 2 January 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Nicholls, who was just 15 when he began playing at North Shore in
With a hamstring injury keeping him out of action in
On 18 June 2012, a twenty-six-year-old man was shot outside Nicholls's home in Corio. Nicholls was arrested and questioned by the police over the shooting but later released.[4] In April 2013 he was arrested by the Victoria Police Special Operations Group[5] and subsequently charged over both the June 2012 incident and another shooting in January 2013.[6] In February 2015 he was found guilty of shooting two men.[7] On 23 March 2015 he was sentenced to 11 years (8 years minimum before parole) in gaol.[8]
References
- ^ Thomson, Andrew (29 April 2013). "Ex-Roosters footballer in dramatic arrest". The Standard. Warrnambool: Fairfax Regional Media. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
- ^ "Bill Nicholls". AFL Tables.
- ^ a b Levy, Megan (18 June 2012). "Man shot outside home of ex-AFL player". The Age. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ "Ex-AFL footballer Billy Nicholls charged over shootings".
- ^ "Man charged over Vic shootings". 26 April 2013. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013.
- ^ "Disgraced footballer behind bars after being found guilty of shooting two men". 18 February 2015.
- ^ Nicholls, Bill (23 March 2015). "FOrmer AFL Player". The Age. Retrieved 23 March 2015.