Billy Wilson
Essendon
AFL career
30 games7 goals
- Debut
- R4 1932 v STK21 May 1932
- Most recent
- R13 1935 v STK20 July 1935
Stats
Bio
Recruited from the local Ascot Vale Presbyterians, William "Weary" Wilson was a talented dual sportsman who ultimately had to choose between elite football and cricket. Standing at 184cm, he possessed a strong frame for the era and featured 30 times for the Bombers across four seasons in the early 1930s. While he was a capable contributor at VFL level, his football career is best defined by its premature conclusion; Wilson made the difficult decision to retire from the VFL at just 25 years of age to dedicate himself fully to cricket. He went on to represent Victoria in the Sheffield Shield as a fast-medium bowler, leaving his football tenure as a brief but intriguing chapter of a versatile sporting life.
Profile
- Full name
- Billy Y. Wilson
- Born
- 13 Dec 1909
- Died
- 30 Sept 1976 (aged 66y 292d)
- Birthplace
- Moonee Ponds, VIC
- Deathplace
- Ascot Vale, VIC
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from the local Ascot Vale Presbyterians, William "Weary" Wilson was a talented dual sportsman who ultimately had to choose between elite football and cricket. Standing at 184cm, he possessed a strong frame for the era and featured 30 times for the Bombers across four seasons in the early 1930s. While he was a capable contributor at VFL level, his football career is best defined by its premature conclusion; Wilson made the difficult decision to retire from the VFL at just 25 years of age to dedicate himself fully to cricket. He went on to represent Victoria in the Sheffield Shield as a fast-medium bowler, leaving his football tenure as a brief but intriguing chapter of a versatile sporting life.