Billy Egan Explained

Billy Egan
Fullname:William Martin Egan
Birth Date:7 November 1886
Birth Place:North Melbourne, Victoria
Death Place:Fitzroy, Victoria
Originalteam:Footscray (VFA)
Statsend:1909
Years1:1909
Games Goals1:8 (0)

William Martin Egan (7 November 1886 – 28 February 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of Keiran Egan (-1948), and Margaret Egan, née Carrol, William Martin Egan was born at North Melbourne, Victoria on 7 November 1886.

He married Amy Elizabeth May Forbes (1891-) in 1920.

Football

West Sydney Football Club (NSWFL)

He played for at least two seasons (1904 and 1905) with the West Sydney Football Club in the New South Wales Football League.[2] [3] He played for the Combined Sydney team that defeated the Combined Northern Districts team on 23 July 1904.[4]

Prahran Football Club (VFA)

Cleared from West Sydney to the Prahran Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in May 1907.[5] [6]

Footscray Football Club (VFA)

Cleared from Prahran to the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in April 1908.[7]

St Kilda Football Club (VFL)

Granted a clearance from Footscray to St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1909.[8]

Melbourne City Football Club (VFA)

In June 1912 he was granted a clearance from St Kilda to the Melbourne City Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).[9]

Death

He died at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne on 28 February 1941.[10]

References

Notes and References

  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.255.
  2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230035581 Australian Football, The (Sydney) Sunday Sun, (Sunday, 24 April 1904), p.6.
  3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230036472 Australian Football, The (Sydney) Sunday Sun, (Sunday, 1 May 1904), p.7.
  4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127805471 Football: Australian, Combined Sydney Defeat Combined Northern District, The (Sydney) Sunday Times, (Sunday, 24 June 1904), p.8.
  5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198609057 Victorian Association, THe Age, (Friday, 10 May 19070, p.8.
  6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article144505173 The Association: Prahran v. Preston, The Prahran Telegraph, (Saturday May 1907), p.3
  7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196102757 Football: Victorian Association, The Age, (Thursday, 30 April 1908), p.9.
  8. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242048583 The Play and the Players, The Herald, (Friday, 18 June 1909), p.2.
  9. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197368891 Football, The Age, (Friday, 28 Jun 1912), p.14.
  10. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205287980 Deaths: Egan, The Age, (Monday, 3 March 1941), p.1.