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.

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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 {{AFL-bio-1920s-stub