Bill Patterson (footballer, born 1873)

Bill Patterson
Bill Patterson
Personal information
Full name	William Arthur Patterson
Date of birth	13 September 1873
Place of birth	Learmonth, Victoria
Date of death	17 December 1939 (aged 66)
Place of death	Ballarat [1]
Original team(s)	Rainbow
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1898.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Last updated March 14, 2019

William Arthur Patterson (13 September 1873 – 17 December 1939) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club both before and after the formation of the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Melbourne, the club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the competition's eight founding member clubs in 1897.

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football in Australia. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

Notes

↑ "Family Notices". The Age (26418). Victoria, Australia. 18 December 1939. p. 1.
↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 691. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5 .

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Bill Patterson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Bill Patterson's profile at Blueseum

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[1] "Family Notices". The Age (26418). Victoria, Australia. 18 December 1939. p. 1.

[2] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 691. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5 .