Bill Cooke (footballer) explained

Bill Cooke
Fullname:William Henry Hercules Cooke
Birth Date:14 February 1883
Birth Place:Moonta, South Australia
Death Place:Heidelberg, Victoria
Originalteam:Mines Rovers
Height:175 cm
Weight:74 kg
Statsend:1912
Years1:1912
Games Goals1:1 (1)

William Henry Hercules Cooke (14 February 1883 – 14 February 1956) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of William James Cooke (1861-1910),[2] and Ellen Cooke (1863-1958), née Rosser, William Henry Hercules Cooke was born at Moonta, South Australia on 14 February 1883.

He married Ada Poulter (1886-1925) in 1905.

Football

Recruited from the Mines Rovers Football Club, in the Western Australian Goldfields Football League, he played in one game (1 goal) for Collingwood in the VFL, against Essendon, at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, on 29 June 1912.[3] [4]

Boxing

He was also a boxer.[5] [6]

Death

He died, on his 73rd birthday, at Heidelberg, Victoria, on 14 February 1956.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 175.
  2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90959650 Deaths: Cooke, The Kalgoorlie Miner, (Thursday, 24 February 1910), p. 4.
  3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196261492 League Matches: Essendon (6.18) beat Collingwood (6.10), The Age, (Monday, 1 July 1912), p. 10.
  4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10514751 Fought to the Finish, The Argus, (Monday, 1 July 1912), p. 6.
  5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57729275 The Noble Art, The (Perth) Sunday Times, (Sunday, 31 March 1912), p. 19.
  6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154548153 Boxing, The Winner, (Wednesday, 7 November 1917), p. 6.
  7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72536112 Deaths: Cooke, The Argus, (Wednesday, 15 February 1956), p. 18