Billy Wells (footballer)

William Charles Richard Wells (1 February 1916 – 27 May 1984)[Note 1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

For the Australian rules footballer, William George "Bill" Wells (1920—2013), a.k.a. "Bomber" Wells, who played with North Melbourne and St Kilda, see Bill Wells (footballer).

Billy Wells
Personal information
Full name William Charles Richard Wells
Date of birth (1916-02-01)1 February 1916
Place of birth Richmond, Victoria
Date of death 27 May 1984(1984-05-27) (aged 68)
Place of death Eden, New South Wales
Original team(s) Burnley Football Club
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1936–37 Richmond 23 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of former Fitzroy and Richmond footballer Charles "Chinger" Wells (1892–1929), and Fanny Ellen Wells (1892–1971), née Craven,[2] William Charles Richard Wells was born in Richmond on 1 February 1916.

Football

Recruited from the Burnley Football Club,[3] for whom he had played from 1931 to 1933, he spent five seasons with Richmond (1934–1938), during which time he played in 45 Second XVIII games (1934–1938), scoring 16 goals, and in 23 First XVIII games (1934–1938), scoring 2 goals.[4]

Playing at centre half-back, in place of Norm Dickson, and playing against Ron Todd, he was one of the best players in the Richmond side that lost to Collingwood in the 1937 First Semi-Final 10.9 (69) to 18.12 (120).[5][6]

Notes
  1. In his profile, Hogan (1996), pp.243–244 has mistakenly included information (including date of birth and nickname) pertinent to Bill Wells, an entirely different individual, who played his first senior game for the North Melbourne First XVIII, at the age of 18, in 1939, in his entry for Billy Wells.

Footnotes
  1. Holmesby (2014), p.937.
  2. Fanny re-married in 1943: to David Gladstone Bishop.
  3. Jubilee Year at Richmond, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Monday, 26 March 1934), p.15.
  4. Hogan (1996), p.243.
  5. The Teams, The Age, (Friday, 3 September 1937) p.18.
  6. Collingwood Routs Richmond in First League Semi-Final: Best Players and Scorers, The Age, (Monday, 6 September 1937), p.16.

References
  • Hogan P, The Tigers of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
  • 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.


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