Bill Potter

For other people with the same name, see William Potter.

Bill Potter
Personal information
Full name	William Potter
Date of birth	(1872-02-08)8 February 1872
Date of death	26 September 1970(1970-09-26) (aged 98)
Position(s)	Follower
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1898–1902	Fitzroy	60 (8)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1902.

William 'Bill' Potter (8 February 1872 – 26 September 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Potter, who debuted in 1898, was a follower and participated in each of the first three VFL Grand Finals. Aside from the 1898 and 1899 Fitzroy premierships he played in their losing 1900 Grand Final side.

References

Bill Potter's statistics from AFL Tables
Bill Potter's profile from AustralianFootball.com
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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