Bill Mayman (1 May 1887 – 20 April 1970) 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 with Sturt in the

South Australian Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport. Originally formed as th ...

(SAFL). A centreman or half-back flanker, Mayman began his career at Mines Rovers in the Goldfields Football Association. In 1913, he joined Sturt in the South Australian Football League, and became captain in 1914. He led the club to its first and second premierships in 1915 and 1919. In 1922, he moved to Tasmania and joined the New Town Football Club, playing there for three years. Mayman represented three different states at carnival football, representing Western Australia in

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, captaining South Australia in

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, and represented Tasmania in

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20–January 30, 30 – Kuomintang in Ch ...

. He is the great-granduncle of Australian rules footballers Bradley Crouch, who plays for the

St Kilda Football Club The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league. The club's name originates fro ...

, and his younger brother and former teammate Matt Crouch, who plays for the

Adelaide Football Club The Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed the Crows, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide, South Australia that was founded in 1990. The Crows have fielded a men's team in the Australian Football League (AFL) since 199 ...

in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Bill Mayman's profile
at AustralianFootball.com
Bill Mayman photo
at State Library of South Australia 1887 births 1970 deaths Sturt Football Club players Glenorchy Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Burnie Football Club players Boulder City Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Melbourne People from Footscray, Victoria {{AFL-bio-1887-stub