| Personal information | |
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| Birth | 6 June 1931 |
| Recruited from | Stratford |
| Height and weight | 179 cm (5ft 10½ in) / 73 kg (11 st 7 lb) |
| Playing career¹ | |
| Debut | Round 3, 28 April 1956, St Kilda v. Carlton, at Junction Oval |
| Team(s) |
St Kilda (1956–1961) 94 games, 274 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season | |
| Career highlights | |
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William D. "Bill" Young (born 6 June 1931) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Young was an all-round sportsman—a top goal scorer in country football; a cricketer who once top-scored for a Victorian country team against England; he was also a well-performed track cyclist.
In 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954 and 1955 Young was leading goalkicker in the Gippsland Football League, kicking 160 goals in 1954 and 136 in 1955. His best efforts were 26 goals in a game in 1950 and 22 in 1954.
Young debuted aged of 25 with St Kilda Football Club a full forward kicking 56 goals in his debut year, winning the VFL's Leading Goalkicker award.
He was also St Kilda's leading goal-kicker from 1956 to 1960.
Blair Campbell credited him with inventing the reverse punt shot at goal (he was most certainly the first VFL player to do so).
Young was rather frail, and he had an unusual characteristic for a full forward: he could not mark above his shoulders, and would often leap vertically to extraordinary heights to enable him to mark a ball on his chest that others of his height and weight might have struggled to take overhead.
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