Bill Young (Australian rules footballer)
- Bill Young (Australian rules footballer)
Infobox afl player
firstname = Bill
lastname = Young
| birthdate = Birth date and age|1931|6|6|df=y
birthplace =
originalteam = Stratford
heightweight = 179cm (5'10½") / 73kg (11st 7lbs)
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = Round 3, 28 April 1956
debutteam = St Kilda
debutopponent = Carlton
debutstadium = Junction Oval
playingteams = St Kilda (1956-1961) 94 games, 274 goals
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = 2005
careerhighlights =
*Coleman Medallist 1956 (56 goals)
*Victorian B team representative 1959
William D. (Bill) Young (born 6 June 1931) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.
Young was an all-round sportsman — a top goal scorer in country football; a cricketer who once top-scored for a Victorian country team against England; he was also a well-performed track cyclist.
Young, played with St Kilda a full forward kicking 56 goals in his debut year, winning the VFL's Coleman Medal goalkicking award.
He was also St Kilda's leading goal-kicker from 1956 to 1960.
Blair Campbell credited him with inventing the reverse punt shot at goal (he was most certainly the first VFL player to do so).
Young was rather frail, and he had an unusual characteristic for a full forward: he could not mark above his shoulders, and would often leap vertically to extraordinary heights to enable him to mark a ball on his chest that others of his height and weight might have struggled to take overhead.
References
* [http://saints.com.au/TheClub/History/HallofFame/WilliamDYoung/tabid/9138/Default.aspx St Kilda Hall of Fame Profile]
* [http://saints.com.au/default.asp?pg=history&spg=honourroll Saints honour roll]
* [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/W/William_Young.html AFL Statistics: Bill Young]
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