Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
Bill Dalton |
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Full name |
William Joseph Dalton |
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Date of birth |
(1876-03-11)11 March 1876 |
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Place of birth |
Melbourne |
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Date of death |
14 December 1955(1955-12-14) (aged 79) |
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Place of death |
Brunswick, Victoria |
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Original team(s) |
Albert Park Juniors[1] |
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Years |
Club |
Games (Goals) |
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1898–1902 |
Fitzroy |
57 (9) |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1902. |
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
William Joseph Dalton (11 March 1876 – 14 December 1955) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The son of William Dalton (1845-1914),[2] and Anna Dalton (1853-1925), née Brophy,[3] William Joseph Dalton was born in Melbourne on 11 March 1876.
He married Ellen Theresa "Nellie" Tipping (1875-1919) in 1905.[4]
A dual premiership player, Dalton played on the half-forward flank in Fitzroy's 1898 premiership team and its 1899 premiership team.
Death
He died at his Brunswick, Victoria residence on 14 December 1955.[5]
Notes
- ^ "Football Notes". The Australasian. Melbourne. 14 May 1898. p. 20. Retrieved 12 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Deaths: Dalton, The Age, (Wednesday, 22 July 1914), p. 1.
- ^ Deaths: Dalton, The Age, (Friday, 24 April 1925), p. 1.
- ^ Deaths: Dalton, The Age, (Monday, 14 April 1919), p. 1.
- ^ Deaths: Dalton, The Argus, (Thursday, 15 December 1955), p. 15.
References
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers, 7th ed., Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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