Billy Jenkins
Richmond
AFL career
3 games0 goals
- Debut
- R1 1938 v NTH23 Apr 1938
- Most recent
- R3 1938 v COL7 May 1938
Stats
Bio
A diminutive rover standing just 168cm, William "Billy" Jenkins worked his way through the Richmond seconds to earn a brief senior call-up during the 1938 VFL season. With the Tigers sitting mid-table under captain-coach Percy Bentley, Jenkins was brought in to add pace and ground-level pressure to the lineup, debuting as a 24-year-old small man. He managed three senior appearances that winter, likely rotating through the forward pocket or providing relief on the ball, but struggled to impact the scoreboard or secure a permanent role in the side. Unable to displace the club's established smaller players as Richmond looked to build toward their next premiership window, Jenkins returned to the wilderness of lower-grade football at the conclusion of the season, his VFL career capped at a single month of action.
Profile
- Born
- 04 June 1914
- Died
- 09 Oct 2001 (aged 87y 127d)
- Height
- 168 cm
- Weight
- 73 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionA diminutive rover standing just 168cm, William "Billy" Jenkins worked his way through the Richmond seconds to earn a brief senior call-up during the 1938 VFL season. With the Tigers sitting mid-table under captain-coach Percy Bentley, Jenkins was brought in to add pace and ground-level pressure to the lineup, debuting as a 24-year-old small man. He managed three senior appearances that winter, likely rotating through the forward pocket or providing relief on the ball, but struggled to impact the scoreboard or secure a permanent role in the side. Unable to displace the club's established smaller players as Richmond looked to build toward their next premiership window, Jenkins returned to the wilderness of lower-grade football at the conclusion of the season, his VFL career capped at a single month of action.