William James Bischoff (1912–1988) was an Australian
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...
footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s.
Playing career
Billy 'Bok' Bischoff was a five-eighth for
Balmain between 1937 and 1940. He won a premiership with Balmain, playing in the winning
1939 Grand Final team. His son,
Billy Bischoff Jr. also played for the
Balmain Tigers
The Balmain Tigers (also known as the Sydney Tigers from 1995 to 1996) are a rugby league club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain, New South Wales, Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and on ...
in the 1960s.
Death
Bischoff died on 15 September 1988, aged 75.
[Sydney Morning Herald : Death Notice 17 September 1988]
References
1912 births
1988 deaths
Australian rugby league players
Balmain Tigers players
Country New South Wales rugby league team players
Rugby league five-eighths
Rugby league players from Sydney
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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