Billy Griffith (footballer)

Australian rules footballer

Billy Griffith
Griffith in 1901
Personal information
Full name	William Charles Griffith
Date of birth	26 December 1880
Place of birth	Flemington, Victoria
Date of death	7 May 1949(1949-05-07) (aged 68)
Place of death	Flemington, Victoria
Original team(s)	Essendon District
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1899–1913	Essendon	187 (13)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913.
Career highlights
3× VFL premiership player: 1901, 1911, 1912 Essendon captain: 1907–1909 Essendon Team of the Century
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William Charles Griffith (26 December 1880 – 7 May 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Football

Griffith was a full back but was also used as a rover. He was a rover in Essendon's 1901 premiership side and a fullback in their 1911 and 1912 triumphs.

He captained the club from 1907 until 1909 and twice represented Victoria in interstate football, in 1901 and 1902.

In 1997 he was named on the interchange bench in Essendon's official Team of the Century.

References

"Family Notices". The Herald. No. 22, 451. Victoria, Australia. 7 May 1949. p. 6.
Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 344. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links

Billy Griffith's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Essendon Football Club profile

v t e Essendon Football Club 1901 VFL premiers
Essendon 6.7 (43) defeated Collingwood 2.4 (16), at the Lake Oval
Anderson Barry M. Collins T. Collins (c) Gavin Griffith Hastings Hiskins Kinnear Larkin Mann Martin McKenzie Robinson Stuckey Thurgood Vollugi Wright

v t e Essendon Football Club 1911/12 VFL premiers
1911: Essendon 5.11 (41) defeated Collingwood 4.11 (35), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1912: Essendon 5.17 (47) defeated South Melbourne 4.9 (33), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1/2. Armstrong 3/4. Bowe 5. Baring 7. Chalmers 8/29. Griffith 9/10. Hanley 10/11. Kirby 11/16. Ogden 14/18. Shea 15/17. Sewart 16/20. Walker 18/14. McLeod
Coach: Worrall

v t e Captains of the Essendon Football Club
VFL/AFL	1897–1900: Stuckey 1901–1902: Collins 1903–1904: Anderson 1904: Gavin 1905: Robinson 1906: J. McKenzie 1907–1909: Griffith 1910: Belcher 1911: Smith 1912–1915: Belcher 1918: Baring 1919: Belcher 1920–1921: Ogden 1922–1924: Barker 1925–1928: Maher 1929–1930: Beckton 1931–1933: Campbell 1934–1935: Forbes 1936–1937: Baggott 1937: Forbes 1938: Webster 1939–1950: Reynolds 1951–1957: Hutchison 1958–1964: Clarke 1965–1968: Fraser 1969: D. McKenzie 1970–1971: Davis 1972–1975: Tuddenham 1976: Moss 1977–1979: Fletcher 1980–1981: Madden 1982: N. Daniher 1983–1988: T. Daniher 1989–1991: T. Watson 1992–1995: Thompson 1996–1997: O'Donnell 1998–2005: Hird 1999: Long 2006-2009: Lloyd 2010–2015: J. Watson 2016: Goddard 2017–2022: Heppell 2023–: Merrett
AFL Women's	2022 (S7)–: Cain/Toogood

Captains of the Essendon Football Club

VFL/AFL

1897–1900: Stuckey
1901–1902: Collins
1903–1904: Anderson
1904: Gavin
1905: Robinson
1906: J. McKenzie
1907–1909: Griffith
1910: Belcher
1911: Smith
1912–1915: Belcher
1918: Baring
1919: Belcher
1920–1921: Ogden
1922–1924: Barker
1925–1928: Maher
1929–1930: Beckton
1931–1933: Campbell
1934–1935: Forbes
1936–1937: Baggott
1937: Forbes
1938: Webster
1939–1950: Reynolds
1951–1957: Hutchison
1958–1964: Clarke
1965–1968: Fraser
1969: D. McKenzie
1970–1971: Davis
1972–1975: Tuddenham
1976: Moss
1977–1979: Fletcher
1980–1981: Madden
1982: N. Daniher
1983–1988: T. Daniher
1989–1991: T. Watson
1992–1995: Thompson
1996–1997: O'Donnell
1998–2005: Hird
1999: Long
2006-2009: Lloyd
2010–2015: J. Watson
2016: Goddard
2017–2022: Heppell
2023–: Merrett

AFL Women's

2022 (S7)–: Cain/Toogood

v t e Essendon Football Club · Team of the Century 1896–1997
Full-back	Gavin Wanganeen Fred Baring Tom Fitzmaurice
Half-back	Barry Davis Wally Buttsworth Harold Lambert
Centre	Reg Burgess Jack Clarke Michael Long
Half-forward	James Hird Ken Fraser Terry Daniher
Full-forward	Bill Hutchison John Coleman Albert Thurgood
Ruck	Simon Madden Tim Watson Dick Reynolds (c)
Interchange	Mark Thompson Keith Forbes Frank Maher Billy Griffith
Coach	Kevin Sheedy

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