Bill Cooke (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).

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).

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 career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1912	Collingwood	1 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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.

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.

External links

• Bill Cooke's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Bill Cooke at AustralianFootball.com
• Bill Cooke's profile at Collingwood Forever