Bill Cubbins

Bill Cubbins
Personal information
Birth	4 May 1899
Playing career¹
Team(s)	St Kilda (1915, 1919–27, 1929–30) 149 games, 42 goals Footscray (1931–32, 1934) 33 games
Coaching career¹
Team(s)	St Kilda (1930) Footscray (1931–33)
¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season
Career highlights
Club captain 1921–22, 1925, 1929–30 St. Kilda Best & Fairest 1921, 1923, 1928–29 Victorian state representative six times

William "Bill" Cubbins was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Cubbins played with St Kilda as possibly the greatest full back of his time. He won a record four club best and fairest awards (equalled by Robert Harvey). Cubbins was an excellent mark and long kick.

He played for Warrnambool in 1928.

References

Trevor Barker Award • St Kilda Football Club Best and Fairest Winners

1914: Eicke
1915: Eicke
1918: Cazaly
1919: Eicke
1920: Cameron
1921: Cubbins
1922: Carr
1923: Cubbins
1928: Cubbins
1929: Cubbins
1930: Phillips
1931: Neill
1932: Mohr
1933: Comte
1934: Davis
1935: Davis
1936: Mohr
1937: Davis
1938: Lloyd
1939: Fountain
1940: Killigrew
1941: Garvin
1942: Walker
1943: Walker
1944: Walker
1945: Bray
1946: Rosewarne
1947: Bray
1948: Hancock
1949: Ross
1950: Phillips
1951: Ross
1952: Ross
1953: Drinan
1954: Foote
1955: Roberts
1956: Drinan
1957: Gleeson
1958: Roberts
1959: Howell
1960: Oswald
1961: Oswald
1962: Baldock
1963: Baldock
1964: Stewart
1965: Baldock
1966: Stewart
1967: Smith
1968: Ditterich
1969: Murray
1970: Griffiths
1971: Smith
1972: Trott
1973: Neale
1974: Elliott
1975: Sarau
1976: Barker
1977: Sarau
1978: Gellie
1979: Dunne
1980: Dunne
1981: Barker
1982: Kiel
1983: Crow
1984: Burns
1985: Morwood
1986: Burns
1987: Lockett
1988: Frawley
1989: Winmar
1990: Loewe
1991: Lockett
1992: Harvey
1993: Burke
1994: Harvey
1995: Winmar
1996: Burke
1997: Harvey
1998: Harvey
1999: Burke
2000: Thompson
2001: Everitt
2002: Riewoldt
2003: Hayes
2004: Riewoldt
2005: Baker/Ball
2006: Riewoldt
2007: Riewoldt
2008: Fisher
2009: Riewoldt
2010: Hayes
2011: Fisher

Captains of the St Kilda Football Club

1897–1899: Shaw • 1900: Sandford • 1901: McKay/J. Smith • 1902: Hogan • 1903: Jackson/J. Smith • 1904: J. Smith • 1905: Barwick • 1906: J. Smith • 1907–1908: Wells • 1909: Barwick • 1910: Gravenall • 1911: Dangerfield • 1912: Morrissey • 1913: Lever • 1914: Lever/McNamara • 1915: Dangerfield • 1918: Lever • 1919: Eicke • 1920: Cazaly • 1921: Ricketts/Williams • 1922: Cubbins • 1923: McNamara • 1924: Eicke • 1925: Cubbins/Carr • 1926: Cubbins • 1927: Heinz/Mason • 1928: Mason/Cubbins • 1929–1930: Cubbins • 1931: Matthews • 1932: King • 1933: Deane/Hindson • 1934: Watson • 1935: Hindson • 1936: Perkins • 1937: Mohr • 1938–1939: Clarke • 1940: Lloyd • 1941: Knight • 1942–1943: Garvin • 1944: Kelly/Vontom • 1945: Vontom • 1946–1947: Hird • 1949–1950: Green • 1948: Bray • 1949–1950: Green • 1951–1953: Drinan • 1954–1955: Foote • 1956–1957: Drinan • 1958: Gleeson • 1959–1962: Roberts • 1963–1968: Baldock • 1969: Stewart • 1970–1972: R. Smith • 1973: Trott • 1974–1975: Lawrence • 1976–1977: Ditterich • 1978: Colling • 1979: Breen • 1980: Sidebottom • 1981: Jesaulenko/Duperouzel • 1982: Duperouzel • 1983–1986: Barker • 1987–1995: Frawley • 1996–1998: Burke/Loewe • 1999–2000: Burke • 2001–2002: Harvey • 2003: Hamill • 2004: Hayes • 2005: Riewoldt • 2006: Ball • 2007: Ball/Hayes/Riewoldt • 2008–: Riewoldt

Captains of the Footscray Football Club/Western Bulldogs

1925: McCarthy • 1926: McCarthy/Hopkins • 1927–1928: Scanlan • 1929–1930: Hopkins • 1931–1932: Cubbins • 1933: McAlpine • 1934: Cubbins/Morrison • 1935: Morrison • 1936: Penberthy • 1937: Dockendorff/Morrison • 1938–1939: Evans • 1940–1942: Ware • 1943–1946: Olliver • 1947: Hickey • 1948–1950: Olliver • 1951–1955: Sutton • 1956: Sutton/Donald • 1957: Stevens/Whitten • 1958–1969: Whitten • 1970: Whitten/Magee • 1971–1972: Dempsey • 1973: Thorpe • 1974–1976: Sandilands • 1977–1978: Dempsey • 1979–1981: Jennings • 1982: Templeton • 1983–1985: Edmond • 1986–1988: Kennedy • 1989: Wallis • 1990–1993: Hawkins • 1994–2000: Wynd • 2001–2004: Grant • 2005–2006: Darcy • 2007–2010: Johnson • 2011–: Boyd

Coaches of the St Kilda Football Club

1906: Hall • 1908: Grace • 1909: J. Smith • 1911: Drohan • 1913: Sparrow • 1914: McNamara • 1915; 1918:* J. Smith • 1919: Eicke • 1920: Sparrow • 1920–1921: Ricketts • 1922–1923: McNamara • 1924: Eicke • 1925–1926: Clark • 1927: Heinz • 1928–1929: Sparrow • 1930: Cubbins • 1931–1932: Hardy • 1932: King • 1933: Deane • 1934: C. Watson • 1935–1937: Minogue • 1938–1940: Clarke • 1938: Patterson • 1941: Knight • 1942–1943: Garvin • 1944–1945: Thomas • 1946–1947: Hird • 1948–1950: Froude • 1951: Green • 1952–1953: Williamson • 1954–1955: Foote • 1956–1958: Killigrew • 1959–1960: Francis • 1961–1976: Jeans • 1972; 1974: Guy • 1977: R. Smith • 1978–1980: Patterson • 1980–1982: Jesaulenko • 1983–1984: Jewell • 1984–1986: Gellie • 1987–1989: Baldock • 1987: Davis • 1990–1993: Sheldon • 1994–1998: Alves • 1999–2000: T. Watson • 2001: Blight • 2001–2006: Thomas • 2007–2011: Lyon • 2012–: Watters

St Kilda did not participate in the VFL from 1916–1917 due to World War I Italics* denote caretaker coach

Coaches of the Footscray Football Club/Western Bulldogs

1925: McCarthy • 1926: Saunders • 1926: Cassidy • 1927–1928: Scanlan • 1929: Eason • 1930: Hopkins • 1931–1933: Cubbins • 1934–1935: Morrison • 1935–1937: Coventry • 1937–1940: Kelly • 1941–1942: Ware • 1943–1946: Olliver • 1947: Crowe • 1948–1950: Olliver • 1951–1957: Sutton • 1951: McLaren • 1952; 1953: Donald • 1957–1966: Whitten • 1959; 1960: Ryan • 1961; 1962; 1964; 1966: Findlay • 1967–1968: Sutton • 1969–1971: Whitten • 1972–1975: Rose • 1976–1978: Goggin • 1978–1979: McKenzie • 1980–1982: Hart • 1981: Goode • 1982–1983: Hampshire • 1984–1989: Malthouse • 1990–1994: Wheeler • 1994–1996: Joyce • 1996–2002: Wallace • 2002–2004: Rohde • 2005–2011: Eade • 2011: Williams • 2012–: McCartney

Italics denote caretaker coach

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Name	Cubbins, Bill
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Date of birth	4 May 1899
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