Bill Dalton (footballer)

Bill Dalton
Personal information
Full name	William Dalton
Date of birth	(1872-04-23)23 April 1872
Date of death	14 December 1955(1955-12-14) (aged 83)
Original team(s)	Albert Park Juniors^[1]
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1898–1902	Fitzroy	57 (9)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1902.
Career highlights
2× VFL premiership player: 1898, 1899
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William 'Bill' Dalton (23 April 1872 – 14 December 1955) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

A dual premiership player, Dalton played beside his younger brother Jack in Fitzroy's 1898 premiership team and was a half forward flanker in the premiership the following season.

References

↑ "Football Notes.". The Australasian. Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 14 May 1898. p. 20. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

Bill Dalton's statistics from AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Fitzroy Football Club 1898/99 VFL premiers
1898: Fitzroy 5.8 (38) defeated Essendon 3.5 (23), at the Junction Oval 1899: Fitzroy 3.9 (27) defeated South Melbourne 3.8 (26), at the Junction Oval
Clarke Dalton Descrimes Drohan Fontaine J. Grace M. Grace Hickey McDougall McSpeerin Potter Robinson Sloan (c)

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