Bill Dalton (footballer)

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).

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

Family

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

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

Death

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

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