Australian rules footballer
Billy Power | |||
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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 career | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1940–42, 1946 | Footscray | 12 0(0) | |
1947–52 | Oakleigh (VFA) | 39 (12) | |
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).
Power's football career was interrupted by his service in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II.
Notes
- 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.
- "World War Two Service: POWER, William Anthony Ward". Department of Veterans Affairs.
External links
- Billy Power at AustralianFootball.com
- Billy Power's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Billy Power's playing statistics from The VFA Project
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- 1917 births
- 2002 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
- Western Bulldogs players
- Oakleigh Football Club players
- People from Armadale, Victoria
- Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
- Military personnel from Melbourne
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian rules biography, 1917 birth stubs