Bill Cleary (Australian footballer)

Bill Cleary
Personal information
Full name	William Cleary
Date of birth	26 October 1868
Date of death	27 January 1942(1942-01-27) (aged 73)
Original team(s)	South Ballarat
Height/Weight	177 cm / 68 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1897-99	Fitzroy	21 (6)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899 season.

Bill 'Bice' Cleary (26 October 1868 – 27 January 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Cleary came from South Ballarat and was 28 when he captained Fitzroy in the inaugural VFL season. He lost the captaincy to Alec Sloan the following season. His final league game was as a forward pocket Fitzroy's 1899 Grand Final triumph, having come into the side towards the end of the season after not playing for over a year.

References

Bill Cleary's statistics from AFL Tables
Bill Cleary's profile from AustralianFootball.com
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Fitzroy Football Club 1899 VFL premiers

Fitzroy 3.9 (27) defeated South Melbourne 3.8 (26), at the Junction Oval

Clarke Cleary Dalton Deas Descrimes Drohan Fontaine J.Grace M.Grace Hickey Jenkins McDougall McEwan McSpeerin Moriarty Potter Robinson Sloan (c)

Captains of the Fitzroy Football Club

1897: Cleary
1898–1900: Sloan
1901–1902: McSpeerin
1903–1905: Brosnan
1906–1907: Jenkins
1908–1910: Sharp
1911: McLennan
1912: Cooper
1913: Walker
1914–1915: Parratt
1916: Johnson
1917–1918: Holden
1919: Johnson
1920–1921: Parratt
1921–1922: Lethbridge
1923: Rattray
1924–1925: Atkinson
1926: Adams
1927: Wigraft
1928: Rattray
1929: Chapman
1930–1931: Niven
1932: Bunton
1932–1933: Sexton
1933: Moriarty
1934: Cashman
1934: Davies
1935: Cameron
1936–1937: Bunton
1938–1941: Curcio
1942: Hearn
1943–1947: Hughson
1948: Ruthven
1949–1950: Smith
1950–1954: Ruthven
1955–1957: Stephen
1958–1961: Gale
1962: Abrahams
1963–1964: Murray
1965–1966: Rogerson
1966: Hayes
1967–1972: Murray
1973–1977: Murphy
1978: Merrigan
1979–1980: Alexander
1981–1984: Wilson
1985–1987: Rendell
1988–1990: Roos
1991: Osborne
1992–1994: Roos
1995–1996: Boyd

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