William Tennyson Cubbins (4 May 1899 – 3 January 1968) 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 who played 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).
Cubbins played with
St Kilda as possibly the greatest
full back of his time. He won a record four club
best and fairest
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awards (equalled by
Robert Harvey). Cubbins was an excellent mark and long kick.
He was captain / coach of
Warrnambool
Warrnambool (; Eastern Maar, Maar: ''Peetoop'' or ''Wheringkernitch'' or ''Warrnambool'') is a city on the south-western coast of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. At the Census in Australia#2021, 2021 census, Warrnambool had a populati ...
in 1927 and led them to the Western District Football Association premiership.
He returned to St. Kilda in 1928.
In Round 14 of the 1920
reserves season, Cubbins kicked a
reserve grade record 22 goals in St Kilda's 230 point win over
West Melbourne 38.27 (255) to 3.7 (25), including 12.4 (76) of the Saints 12.6 (78) in the final quarter.
References
Links
Saints honour rollBio at Saints.com.au
1899 births
St Kilda Football Club coaches
Trevor Barker Award winners
St Kilda Football Club players
Western Bulldogs players
Western Bulldogs coaches
Warrnambool Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Australian military personnel of World War I
1968 deaths
People from St Kilda, Victoria
Military personnel from Melbourne
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