Billy Egan | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | William Martin Egan | ||
Date of birth | 7 November 1886 | ||
Place of birth | North Melbourne, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 28 February 1941 | (aged 54)||
Place of death | Fitzroy, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Footscray (VFA) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1909 | St Kilda | 8 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1909. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
William Martin Egan (7 November 1886 – 28 February 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]
The son of Keiran Egan (-1948), and Margaret Egan, née Carrol, William Martin Egan was born at North Melbourne, Victoria on 7 November 1886.
He married Amy Elizabeth May Forbes (1891-) in 1920.
He played for at least two seasons (1904 and 1905) with the West Sydney Football Club in the New South Wales Football League. [2] [3] He played for the Combined Sydney team that defeated the Combined Northern Districts team on 23 July 1904. [4]
Cleared from West Sydney to the Prahran Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in May 1907. [5] [6]
Cleared from Prahran to the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in April 1908. [7]
Granted a clearance from Footscray to St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1909. [8]
In June 1912 he was granted a clearance from St Kilda to the Melbourne City Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). [9]
He died at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne on 28 February 1941. [10]