Bill Killiby Explained

Bill Killiby
Fullname:William John Reginald Killiby
Birth Date:16 January 1911
Birth Place:Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
Death Place:Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia
Retired:yes
Club1:St George Dragons
Year1start:1933
Year1end:35
Appearances1:39
Tries1:11
Goals1:0
Fieldgoals1:0
Points1:33
Source:Whiticker/Hudson

Bill Killiby (16 January 1911 – 9 May 1979) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s.

Bill Killiby played three seasons of first grade with St George Dragons between 1933-1935 and retired at the end of the 1940 season in Reserve Grade.

Killiby played lock-forward in the 1933 Grand Final against Newtown.[1] Killiby's last game was on 30 August 1940 in the Reserve Grade Grand Final in which St. George Dragons won 29–10.[2]

War service

Bill Killiby also served with the Australian Army in New Guinea in World War II. He was discharged due to injury in October 1944.[3]

Death

Bill Killiby died on 9 May 1979.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995.
  2. The SUN(Sydney) 31/8/1940 "St.George League Victories" https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230912168searchTerm=%22keightley%22%20%22st.george%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales|||l-decade=194
  3. World War Two Nominal Roll
  4. Sydney Morning Herald: Death notice 11/5/1979