Bill McNamara

Bill McNamara
Personal information
Full name	William McNamara
Date of birth	9 June 1876
Date of death	21 November 1959 (aged 83)
Original team(s)	Brunswick
Position(s)	Wingman
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1899-1904	Carlton	69 (8)
Umpiring career
Years	League	Role	Games
1905–1908	VFL	Field umpire	3
1905–1915	VFL	Boundary umpire	101
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904 season.

William 'Bill' McNamara (9 June 1876 - 21 November 1959)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

McNamara was a wingman at Carlton for six seasons and left the club after not being picked for the 1904 finals. As a result he missed out on playing in the successful team which won three successive premierships from 1906 to 1908. During this time he was instead a VFL umpire and officiated in 104 games, mostly as a boundary umpire. He was on the boundary in the 1910 VFL Grand Final.^[2]

References

1. "Bill McNamara". Blueseum - Online Carlton Football Club Museum. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
2. "Player-umpires". AFL Umpires Association. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

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