Bill Crane
Crane (right) in 1943
Personal information
Full name Bill Crane
Date of birth (1924-01-11)11 January 1924
Date of death 2 October 2014(2014-10-02) (aged 90)
Original team(s) Williamstown / Abbotsford
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1943 Collingwood 4 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1943.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bill Crane (11 January 1924 – 2 October 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Career

Before playing for the VFL Magpies, Crane played for Abbotsford and came with Des Fothergill to Williamstown in the VFA in 1941 as a 17yo and made two appearances for the Seagulls without kicking a goal before the recess for the Second World War intervened in his career. He went to Footscray in 1942 but failed to play a senior game before arriving at Collingwood in 1943.

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. 187. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
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