Bill Kerr (footballer)

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Bill Kerr
Personal information
Full name William Kerr
Date of birth(1882-09-01)1 September 1882
Place of birth South Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 16 February 1911(1911-02-16) (aged 28)
Place of death South Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s) Port Rovers
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1905 Essendon 1 (0)
1907 South Melbourne 15 (8)
Total16 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1907.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bill Kerr (1 September 1882 – 16 February 1911) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1] He died from typhoid fever at the age of 28. [2]

'Bubs' Kerr also played 22 games and kicked 16 goals for Williamstown in the VFA in 1906 and 1910, the last season before he died.

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 477. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "Items of News". Port Melbourne Standard. Vic. 25 February 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 16 September 2015 via National Library of Australia.


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