Bill Dyer (Australian footballer)

William David Dyer (15 March 1917 – 7 January 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Bill Dyer
Personal information
Full name William David Dyer
Date of birth (1917-03-15)15 March 1917
Place of birth Geelong, Victoria
Date of death 7 January 1957(1957-01-07) (aged 39)
Place of death Heidelberg, Victoria
Original team(s) Geelong District
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1937–38 Geelong 19 (1)
1939 St Kilda 1 (0)
Total 20 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

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The son of Charles Victor Dyer (1887–1959), and Alice May Dyer (1881–1970), née McHarry, William David Dyer was born at Geelong on 15 March 1917.

He married Leonora Lilian Partridge (1921–1972) in 1944.[2][3]

Military service

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He enlisted in the Second AIF on 27 June 1940, and was discharged on 8 October 1945.[4] He saw active service in the Middle East and in New Guinea.[5]

Death

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He died at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital on 7 January 1957.[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.247.
  2. ^ Births: Partridge, The Argus, (Saturday, 16 April 1921), p.11.
  3. ^ Deaths: Dyer, The Age, (Tuesday, 13 June 1972), p.20.
  4. ^ Nominal Roll.
  5. ^ "1944 - Anderson returns from leave". Sporting Globe. Melbourne, Vic. 26 July 1944. p. 13. Retrieved 6 November 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  6. ^ Deaths: Dyer, The Age, (Tuesday, 8 January 1957), p.10.

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