William "Nipper" Truscott
William "Nipper" Truscott | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 9 October 1886 | ||
Place of birth | Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia | ||
Date of death | 20 June 1966 | (aged 79)||
Place of death | East Fremantle, Western Australia | ||
Original team(s) | Trafalgar juniors | ||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Rover, forward pocket | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1907–12 |
Mines Rovers | unknown | |
1913–24 | East Fremantle | 202 (90) | |
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
1908–24 |
Western Australia | 16 (2) | |
Coaching career3 | |||
Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
1925–26 | East Fremantle | 37 (24–13–0) | |
1934–35 | Perth | 41 (18–23–0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1924. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 1924. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1935. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Source: AustralianFootball.com |
William John "Nipper" Truscott Jr. (9 October 1886 in
Early life
Born to Susannah (née Strickland) and William John Truscott in
Football career
Truscott was a durable rover (175 cm, 66 kg), who played to age 41.
Nicknamed 'Nipper' as a boy for his quickness in
Having married in 1912 he then moved to
Truscott died at the age of 79, on 20 June 1966 in Western Australia. He was an inaugural member of the Western Australian Institute's Hall of Fame in August 1985, and in the same year he was listed in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.
Truscott was made a member of the Fremantle Football Club created Fremantle Football Hall of Legends in 1996. In 2004 he was awarded Legend Status in the West Australian Football Hall of Fame. The Nipper Truscott Pavilion at East Fremantle Oval is named in his honour.
In 1996 Truscott was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Cemetery record
- The Daily News. Vol. LXXIII, no. 24, 462. Western Australia. 20 April 1955. p. 24. Retrieved 14 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
References
- Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 129. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
- Australian Dictionary of Biography
- AFL: Hall of Fame Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Cricinfo profile