Bill Brittingham (5 September 1923 – 18 June 1996) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...
(VFL).
He played in the
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club, in the Australian Football League
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
United Kin ...
premiership teams of 1946, 1949 and 1950. He originally played at
full forward
Full-forward is a position in Australian rules football and Gaelic football with a key focus on kicking goals.
The Coleman Medal is awarded to the player, often a full-forward, who has kicked the most goals in an Australian Football League seaso ...
, winning the league
goal kicking award in 1946, then switched
full back in his latter years.
References
External links
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Bill Brittingham's profile at Essendon FC
Essendon Football Club players
Essendon Football Club premiership players
Warrnambool Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
1923 births
1996 deaths
VFL/AFL premiership players
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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