Bill Crane

Bill Crane
Bill Crane
	Crane (right) in 1943
Personal information
Full name	Bill Crane
Date of birth	11 January 1924
Date of death	2 October 2014 (aged 90)
Original team(s)	Williamstown / Abbotsford
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1943	Collingwood
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1943.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bill Crane (11 January 1924 – 2 October 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Career

Before playing for the VFL Magpies, Crane played for Abbotsford and came with Des Fothergill to Williamstown in the VFA in 1941 as a 17yo and made two appearances for the Seagulls without kicking a goal before the recess for the Second World War intervened in his career. He went to Footscray in 1942 but failed to play a senior game before arriving at Collingwood in 1943.

Notes

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links

Bill Crane's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Bill Crane at AustralianFootball.com

[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

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