Bill Aldag Explained

Bill Aldag
Fullname:William Jacob Aldag
Birth Date:30 November 1905
Birth Place:Fitzroy North, Victoria[1]
Death Place:Heidelberg, Victoria
Height:183 cm
Weight:85 kg
Statsend:1931
Years1:1928
Club1:Footscray
Games Goals1:2 (0)
Years2:1930–1931
Club2:Collingwood
Games Goals2:9 (0)
Games Goalstotal:11 (0)

William Jacob Aldag (30 November 1905 – 10 November 1974)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Aldag had his first league season in 1928 with Footscray. In 1930, he joined Collingwood and was a half-forward flanker in their record-setting 1930 premiership team.

Aldag enlisted in the 2nd AIF in 1940 and served in the Middle East in 1941 before being posted to Java, where he was declared missing in 1942. Aldag was later found in a POW camp in Thailand, where he worked on the infamous Burma Railway in appalling conditions. He returned home in November 1945.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aldag, William. World War Two Nominal Roll. 2 September 2014. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234116/http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=436872. dead.
  2. Web site: Bill Aldag. Collingwood Forever. 2 September 2014.
  3. Book: Cullen, Barbara . Harder than football : league players at war. 2015. 237 . 2015 . Richmond, Victoria . Slattery Media Group . 978-0-992379-14-8.