Bill Dyer (Australian footballer)

Bill Dyer
Bill Dyer
Personal information
Full name	William David Dyer
Date of birth	15 March 1917
Place of birth	Geelong, Victoria
Date of death	7 January 1957 (aged 39)
Place of death	Heidelberg, Victoria
Original team(s)	Geelong District
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1937–38	Geelong
1939	St Kilda
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William David Dyer (15 March 1917 – 7 January 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Charles Victor Dyer (1887–1959), and Alice May Dyer (1881–1970), née McHarry, William David Dyer was born at Geelong on 15 March 1917.

He married Leonora Lilian Partridge (1921–1972) in 1944.^[2]^[3]

Military service

He enlisted in the Second AIF on 27 June 1940, and was discharged on 8 October 1945.^[4] He saw active service in the Middle East and in New Guinea.^[5]

Death

He died at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital on 7 January 1957.^[6]

Notes

^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.247.
^ Births: Partridge, The Argus, (Saturday, 16 April 1921), p.11.
^ Deaths: Dyer, The Age, (Tuesday, 13 June 1972), p.20.
^ Nominal Roll.
^ "1944 - Anderson returns from leave". Sporting Globe. Melbourne, Vic. 26 July 1944. p. 13. Retrieved 6 November 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
^ Deaths: Dyer, The Age, (Tuesday, 8 January 1957), p.10.

References

Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
World War Two Nominal Roll: Bombardier William David Dyer (VX33179), Department of Veterans' Affairs.

External links

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

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[1] Holmesby & Main (2014), p.247.

[2] Births: Partridge, The Argus, (Saturday, 16 April 1921), p.11.

[3] Deaths: Dyer, The Age, (Tuesday, 13 June 1972), p.20.

[4] Nominal Roll.

[5] "1944 - Anderson returns from leave". Sporting Globe. Melbourne, Vic. 26 July 1944. p. 13. Retrieved 6 November 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.

[6] Deaths: Dyer, The Age, (Tuesday, 8 January 1957), p.10.

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