Bill Kerr (footballer)

Bill Kerr (1 September 1882 – 16 February 1911) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] He died from typhoid fever at the age of 28.[2]

Bill Kerr
Personal information
Full name William Kerr
Date of birth (1882-09-01)1 September 1882
Place of birth South Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 16 February 1911(1911-02-16) (aged 28)
Place of death South Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s) Port Rovers
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1905 Essendon 1 (0)
1907 South Melbourne 15 (8)
Total 16 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1907.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

'Bubs' Kerr also played 22 games and kicked 16 goals for Williamstown in the VFA in 1906 and 1910, the last season before he died.

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. 477. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "Items of News". Port Melbourne Standard. Vic. 25 February 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 16 September 2015 via National Library of Australia.


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