Bill French (footballer)

William Thomas Hunter French (20 April 1884 – 17 October 1972) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Bill French
Personal information
Full name William Thomas Hunter French
Date of birth (1884-04-20)20 April 1884
Place of birth Fitzroy, Victoria
Date of death 17 October 1972(1972-10-17) (aged 88)
Place of death Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Original team(s) Alphington
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1908–09 Essendon 3 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1909.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

A carpenter by trade, French enlisted to serve in World War I in April 1915.[2] The night after joining the 7th Battalion at Gallipoli, French suffered a crushed back and concussion in heavy fighting at Lone Pine and was returned to Australia three months later.[3]

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. 298. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "William French – Discovering Anzacs". National Archives of Australia.
  3. Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.


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