William Bremner (23 June 1872 – 2 April 1957) 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

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

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). Bremner came to Melbourne from Williamstown after playing 22 games without kicking a goal in 1898, 1900, 1901 & 1902, and was already aged 30 when he played his first league game. He appeared in 16 of Melbourne's 17 games in the

1903 VFL season The 1903 VFL season was the seventh season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured eight clubs and ran from 2 May to 12 September, comprising a 17-r ...

, followed by seven games in 1904.AFL Tables: Billy Bremner
/ref> From 1910 to 1912, Bremner officiated in 15 VFL games as a boundary umpire and six games as a field umpire.

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1872 births Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Melbourne Football Club players Williamstown Football Club players Australian Football League umpires 1957 deaths People from North Melbourne {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub