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Bill Dalton (footballer)

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Bill Dalton
Personal information
Full name William Joseph Dalton
Date of birth (1876-03-11)11 March 1876
Place of birth Melbourne
Date of death 14 December 1955(1955-12-14) (aged 79)
Place of death Brunswick, Victoria
Original team(s) Albert Park Juniors[1]
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1898–1902 Fitzroy 57 (9)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1902.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William Joseph Dalton (11 March 1876 – 14 December 1955) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

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The son of William Dalton (1845-1914),[2] and Anna Dalton (1853-1925), née Brophy,[3] William Joseph Dalton was born in Melbourne on 11 March 1876.

He married Ellen Theresa "Nellie" Tipping (1875-1919) in 1905.[4]

Football

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A dual premiership player, Dalton played on the half-forward flank in Fitzroy's 1898 premiership team and its 1899 premiership team.

Death

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He died at his Brunswick, Victoria residence on 14 December 1955.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Football Notes". The Australasian. Melbourne. 14 May 1898. p. 20. Retrieved 12 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Deaths: Dalton, The Age, (Wednesday, 22 July 1914), p. 1.
  3. ^ Deaths: Dalton, The Age, (Friday, 24 April 1925), p. 1.
  4. ^ Deaths: Dalton, The Age, (Monday, 14 April 1919), p. 1.
  5. ^ Deaths: Dalton, The Argus, (Thursday, 15 December 1955), p. 15.

References

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  • Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers, 7th ed., Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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