William Thomas (footballer)

William Thomas (footballer)

Infobox afl player | firstname = Bill
lastname = Thomas


birthdate = birth date|1886|11|10|df=y
birthplace =
originalteam = Carlton District/Rose of Northcote
heightweight = 178cm / 77.5kg
dead = dead
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = 1906
debutteam = South Melbourne
debutopponent =
debutstadium =
playingteams = South Melbourne (1906-1913)

142 games, 3 goals

Richmond (1914-1916; 1919)

62 games, 3 goals
coach = coach
coachingteams = South Melbourne (1910-1911)
statsend = 2006
careerhighlights =

*South Melbourne Premiership Player 1909
*South Melbourne Captain/Coach 1910-1911
*Interstate games:- 4
*Victorian Captain 1912
*Richmond Captain 1914-1916; 1919

William 'Bill' Thomas was a former Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the VFL between 1906 and 1913 and then for the Richmond Football Club from 1914 to 1916 and again in 1919. His son Len Thomas was a premiership player for South Melbourne.

'Son', as he was nicknamed, was Captain/Coach of South Melbourne in 1910 and 1911 and was Captain of Richmond for every game he played for them.

He was also the man who found the body of Veronica Knight while out mushrooming near Truro in 1976.


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