Bill Beckwith (footballer)

Bill Beckwith
Personal information
Full name Bill Beckwith
Date of birth (1954-05-31) 31 May 1954
Place of birth Mentone
Original team(s) Chadstone
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Position(s) Rover / Forward Pocket
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1971–72 Richmond 10 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1972.
Career highlights

Winning 3 Board Events at Woodland Golf Club
Leading Goal Kicker in the 1971 U19 Richmond Premership Winning Team
Really Good Bloke

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bill Beckwith (born 31 May 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Bill was a highly talented rover and forward-pocket who played his first senior game with Richmond as a 17-year-old. He joined the Richmond Under/19 team in 1970 where he was a superstar in the premiership winning team, the great Bill Beckworth was the leading goal kicker, kicking 56 goals for the season. Bill then went through the next 2 seasons, 1971-1973, to play 40 games for the Reserves, kicking 71 goals, and 10 games for the Seniors kicking 8 goals.
Bill left Richmond during the 1973 season, going on to play six seasons with Port Melbourne, where he was a member of their 1974 Premiership side, beating Oakleigh in front of a crowd of 24,000 people. Unfortunately Bill struggled throughout his football career with injuries, which sadly eventually forced to retire from football at the age of 27.
Throughout Bills career, he played alongside some of the greats of Richmond, he is a very talented golfer, where he annually stars in Thailand tournament.

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.


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