William Harrison (5 November 1883 – 29 April 1949) 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

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 ...

in the

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(VFL).

Family

The son of William Harrison (1852-1936), and Bliss Harrison (1854-1942), née Upstone, William Harrison was born on 5 November 1883.

Death

He died at Prince Henry's Hospital, in St Kilda Road, Melbourne on 29 April 1949.Deaths: Harrison, ''The Age'', (Saturday, 30 April 1949), p.2.
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Notes

References

* Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014), ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.)'', Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. * Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.

External links

* * 1883 births 1949 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Essendon Football Club players 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1883-stub