Bill Weir (footballer)

Bill Weir
Personal information
Full name Bill Weir
Date of birth (1874-08-23)23 August 1874
Place of birth Fitzroy North, Victoria
Date of death 8 July 1955(1955-07-08) (aged 80)
Original team(s) Fitzroy Juniors
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897–98 Carlton 16 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1898.

Bill Weir (23 August 1874 – 8 July 1955) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] After football, he worked as a chemist in Williamstown. He later enlisted in the Australian Army to fight in the Boer War, and was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal.


Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 875. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.

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