Bill Findlay
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| Birth | October 29, 1913, |
| Recruited from | Footscray Technical School Old Boys |
| Height and weight | 168 cm / 71 kg |
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| Debut | 1933, Footscray vs. , at |
| Team(s) | Footscray (1933-34)
North Melbourne (1935-45)
Total - 173 Games, 360 Goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 1945 season | |
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Bill Findlay (born October 29, 1913) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and North Melbourne in the VFL. He played as a rover and was sometimes pushed forward where he was a handy goalkicker, averaging two goals a game.
Findlay was started his league career with his local side Footscray and played his first game of VFL in 1933. He managed just the one game in his debut season and four in the next prompting him to move to North Melbourne in 1935.
He took over the captaincy partway through the 1941 season and remained in that position until the end of 1943. His leadership role expanded to captain and coach for the latter part of 1942 and the entire 1943 season. During this time he found himself resting in the forward pocket and was North's leading goal kicker in 1943, 1944 and 1945.
In 1946 he joined Port Melbourne in the VFA and started with 88 goals in his first season, including winning the Best and Fairest, and kicking 107 in his next. As captain-coach he led the club to the premiership in 1947. He was later named as a rover in Port Melbourne's official 'Team of the Century'.
