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Billy Power (footballer)

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Billy Power
Personal information
Full name William Anthony Ward Power
Date of birth (1917-07-21)21 July 1917
Place of birth Armadale, Victoria
Date of death 27 November 2002(2002-11-27) (aged 85)
Original team(s) ICI (Deer Park)
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1940–42, 1946 Footscray 12 0(0)
1947–52 Oakleigh (VFA) 39 (12)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William Anthony Ward Power (21 July 1917 – 27 November 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Power's football career was interrupted by his service in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 716. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "World War Two Service: POWER, William Anthony Ward". Department of Veterans Affairs.