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Bill Cooke (footballer)

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Australian rules footballer This article is about the Collingwood footballer. For the Carlton footballer, see Bill Cook (footballer, born 1887). For the Geelong footballer, see Bill Cook (footballer, born 1937).

Australian rules footballer
Bill Cooke
Cooke in 1912
Personal information
Full name William Henry Hercules Cooke
Date of birth (1883-02-14)14 February 1883
Place of birth Moonta, South Australia
Date of death 14 February 1956(1956-02-14) (aged 73)
Place of death Heidelberg, Victoria
Original team(s) Mines Rovers
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1912 Collingwood 1 (1)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William Henry Hercules Cooke (14 February 1883 – 14 February 1956) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of William James Cooke (1861-1910), and Ellen Cooke (1863-1958), née Rosser, William Henry Hercules Cooke was born at Moonta, South Australia on 14 February 1883.

He married Ada Poulter (1886-1925) in 1905.

Football

Recruited from the Mines Rovers Football Club, in the Western Australian Goldfields Football League, he played in one game (1 goal) for Collingwood in the VFL, against Essendon, at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, on 29 June 1912.

Boxing

He was also a boxer.

Death

He died, on his 73rd birthday, at Heidelberg, Victoria, on 14 February 1956.

Notes

  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 175.
  2. Deaths: Cooke, The Kalgoorlie Miner, (Thursday, 24 February 1910), p. 4.
  3. League Matches: Essendon (6.18) beat Collingwood (6.10), The Age, (Monday, 1 July 1912), p. 10.
  4. Fought to the Finish, The Argus, (Monday, 1 July 1912), p. 6.
  5. The Noble Art, The (Perth) Sunday Times, (Sunday, 31 March 1912), p. 19.
  6. Boxing, The Winner, (Wednesday, 7 November 1917), p. 6.
  7. Deaths: Cooke, The Argus, (Wednesday, 15 February 1956), p. 18: the death notice was inserted by the champion ex-Collingwood and ex Williamstown footballer, Ron Todd.

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.

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