Bill Purcell (footballer)

Bill Purcell
Personal information
Full name Bill Purcell
Date of birth (1905-03-16)16 March 1905
Date of death 11 July 1986(1986-07-11) (aged 81)
Original team(s) Yea
Position(s) Full Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1931 North Melbourne 10 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bill Purcell (16 March 1905 – 11 July 1986) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Purcell was recruited from Yea in the Waranga & North East Football Association.[2]

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. 723. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "1931 - Rovers like a Terrier". The Herald. 22 June 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 11 February 2024.


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