Billy Griffith (footballer)

Billy Griffith
Personal information
Date of birth	26 December 1880
Date of death	7 May 1949(1949-05-07) (aged 68)
Original team(s)	Essendon District
Height / weight	175 cm / 76 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1899–1913	Essendon	187 (13)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913.

William "Billy" Griffith (26 December 1880 – 7 May 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Griffith was a full back but was also used as a rover. He was a rover in Essendon's 1901 premiership side and a fullback in their 1911 and 1912 triumphs. He captained the club from 1907 until 1909 and twice represented Victoria in interstate football, in 1901 and 1902.

In 1997 he was named on the interchange bench in Essendon's official Team of the Century.

References

Billy Griffith's statistics from AFL Tables
Essendon Football Club profile

Essendon Football Club 1901 VFL premiers

Essendon 6.7 (43) defeated Collingwood 2.4 (16), at the Lake Oval

Anderson Barry M. Collins T. Collins (c) Gavin Griffith Hastings Hiskins Kinnear Larkin Mann Martin McKenzie Robinson Stuckey Thurgood Vollugi Wright

Essendon Football Club 1911/12 VFL premiers

1911: Essendon 5.11 (41) defeated Collingwood 4.11 (35), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1912: Essendon 5.17 (47) defeated South Melbourne 4.9 (33), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1/2. Armstrong 3/4. Bowe 5. Baring 7. Chalmers 8/29. Griffith 9/10. Hanley 10/11. Kirby 11/16. Ogden 14/18. Shea 15/17. Sewart 16/20. Walker 18/14. McLeod

Coach: Worrall

Captains of the Essendon Football Club

1897–1900: Stuckey
1901–1902: Collins
1903–1904: Anderson
1904: Gavin
1905: Robinson
1906: J. McKenzie
1907–1909: Griffith
1910: Belcher
1911: Smith
1912–1915: Belcher
1918: Baring
1919: Belcher
1920–1921: Ogden
1922–1924: Barker
1925–1928: Maher
1929–1930: Beckton
1931–1933: Campbell
1934–1935: Forbes
1936–1937: Baggott
1937: Forbes
1938: Webster
1939–1950: Reynolds
1951–1957: Hutchison
1958–1964: Clarke
1965–1968: Fraser
1969: D. McKenzie
1970–1971: Davis
1972–1975: Tuddenham
1976: Moss
1977–1979: Fletcher
1980–1981: Madden
1982: N. Daniher
1983–1988: T. Daniher
1989–1991: T. Watson
1992–1995: Thompson
1996–1997: O'Donnell
1998–1999: Hird
1999: Long
2000–2005: Hird
2006–2009: Lloyd
2010–2015: J. Watson
2016–: Goddard

Essendon Football Club · Team of the Century 1896–1997

Full-back	Gavin Wanganeen Fred Baring Tom Fitzmaurice

Half-back	Barry Davis Wally Buttsworth Harold Lambert

Centre	Reg Burgess Jack Clarke Michael Long

Half-forward	James Hird Ken Fraser Terry Daniher

Full-forward	Bill Hutchison John Coleman Albert Thurgood

Ruck	Simon Madden Tim Watson Dick Reynolds (c)

Interchange	Mark Thompson Keith Forbes Frank Maher Billy Griffith

Coach	Kevin Sheedy

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