Bill Jennings
St Kilda
AFL career
2 games0 goals
- Debut
- R1 1902 v MEL3 May 1902
- Most recent
- R4 1902 v GEE24 May 1902
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Bio
A recruit from the goldfields city of Ballarat, Bill Jennings arrived at St Kilda during one of the club's bleakest competitive eras. With the Saints coming off a winless 1901 campaign, the club cast a wide net for talent, handing Jennings his debut in the opening round of the 1902 season against Melbourne. He managed just one more senior appearance in the red, white, and black before losing his place in the side. In a season where St Kilda failed to win a single match and finished with the wooden spoon, Jennings' brief VFL career became a footnote in a year of significant on-field struggle for the club.
Profile
- Born
- 17 Nov 1879
- Died
- 27 Feb 1943 (aged 63y 102d)
- Birthplace
- Ballarat, VIC
- Deathplace
- Malvern, VIC
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Bio
1 revisionA recruit from the goldfields city of Ballarat, Bill Jennings arrived at St Kilda during one of the club's bleakest competitive eras. With the Saints coming off a winless 1901 campaign, the club cast a wide net for talent, handing Jennings his debut in the opening round of the 1902 season against Melbourne. He managed just one more senior appearance in the red, white, and black before losing his place in the side. In a season where St Kilda failed to win a single match and finished with the wooden spoon, Jennings' brief VFL career became a footnote in a year of significant on-field struggle for the club.