Bill Heatley (footballer)

Bill Heatley
Heatley in 1908
Personal information
Full name William Heatley
Date of birth (1886-03-13)13 March 1886
Place of birth Carlton, Victoria
Date of death 31 August 1948(1948-08-31) (aged 62)
Place of death West Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s) Zeehan
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1908–11 Collingwood 50 (19)
1912 Brighton (VFA) 5 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bill Heatley (13 March 1886 – 31 August 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

Heatley was born William Kennedy, the son of the then unmarried Catherine Kennedy (1867–1899);[2] and, when she married William Peter Heatley (1862–1936),[3][4] in 1890, he took his step-father's surname of Heatley.

He married Eva Russell (1892-1967) in 1912.

Football

Collingwood (VFL)

On 1 May 1908, he was granted a clearance from the Commonwealth Football Club, in Zeehan, Western Tasmania, to Collingwood.[5] He played 50 games for Collingwood over four seasons.[6]

Although he played in 16 matches, including the last three home-and-away matches, during the 1910 season, he did not play in any of the season's three Final matches.

Brighton (VFA)

Having played his final two senior matches for Collingwood (on 6 and 20 May 1911), he transferred to Brighton in the Victorian Football Association in late June 1911,[7] but only played five games for them before his senior football career ended.

Death

He died (suddenly) on 31 August 1948.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.384.
  2. ^ Funeral Notices: Heatley, The Age, (Wednesday, 5 July 1899), p.10.
  3. ^ Deaths: Heatley, The Age, (Saturday, 13 June 1936), p.11.
  4. ^ The Blueseum suggests that his step-father might have played for Carlton in its pre-VFL days.
  5. ^ "PERMIT APPLICATIONS". The Argus. Victoria, Australia. 2 May 1908. p. 17.
  6. ^ The Collingwood Team (Photograph), The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 13 June 1908), p.25.
  7. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. No. 20, 260. Victoria, Australia. 29 June 1911. p. 5.
  8. ^ Deaths: Heatley, The Age, (Thursday, 2 September 1948), p.2.

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