Bill Cahill (Australian footballer)

Keyran William Jack Cahill (3 December 1911 – 7 March 1966) was a sportsman who played Australian rules football for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1930s and represented Tasmania at first-class cricket.

Bill Cahill
Personal information
Full name Keyran William Jack Cahill
Date of birth (1911-12-03)3 December 1911
Place of birth Hobart, Tasmania
Date of death 7 March 1966(1966-03-07) (aged 54)
Place of death Launceston, Tasmania
Original team(s) Launceston
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Position(s) Half back
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1937–1938 Essendon 15 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Cahill, a half back, won two Tasman Shields Trophies while at Northern Tasmanian Football Association club Launceston, in 1933 and 1936. He struggled in his two seasons at Essendon due to a shoulder injury and returned to Launceston in 1939 where he was appointed captain-coach.

He had earlier made four first-class appearances with Tasmania in the 1931–32 season. One of those was against the touring South African team and he took the only wicket of his career when he dismissed all-rounder Quintin McMillan.

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