| Bill Jackson | |
| Fullname: | William Charles Jackson |
| Birth Date: | 13 April 1874 |
| Birth Place: | Stawell, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Collie, Western Australia[1] |
| Originalteam: | Ballarat Imperials |
| Position: | Follower, forward |
| Statsend: | 1903 |
| Years1: | 1898–1900 |
| Club1: | Essendon |
| Games Goals1: | 27 (22) |
| Years2: | 1903 |
| Club2: | St Kilda |
| Games Goals2: | 6 (3) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 33 (25) |
Bill 'Newhaven' Jackson (13 April 1874 – 11 September 1921) was an Australian cyclist and an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
Jackson, who was nicknamed after a Melbourne Cup winning horse, came to Essendon from Ballarat Imperials. He played as a follower in the 1898 VFL Grand Final loss to Fitzroy but was also used as a forward during his career. Jackson injured his knee early in Essendon's 1900 semi final encounter with Melbourne and retired. He returned in the 1903 season as captain of St Kilda.
At the end of the 1899 season, in the process of naming his own "champion player", the football correspondent for The Argus, Reginald Wilmot ("Old Boy"), selected a team of the best players of the 1899 VFL competition:
From those he considered to be the three best players — that is, Condon, Hickey, and Pleass — Wilmot selected Pat Hickey as his "champion player" of the season.[3]
Also a successful cyclist, Jackson won Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic in 1897[4] and two Australian Cycling Championships.[5]