Bill Thomas (Australian footballer)

For the footballer born in 1930, see Bill Thomas (footballer, born 1930).

Bill Thomas
Personal information
Date of birth	(1886-11-10)10 November 1886
Date of death	8 October 1974(1974-10-08) (aged 87)
Original team(s)	Carlton District/Rose of Northcote
Height / weight	178 cm / 77.5 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1905–1913 1914–1916; 1919 Total -	South Melbourne Richmond	135 (2) 062 (3) 197 (5)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1910–1911	South Melbourne	39 (26–12–1)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919.
Career highlights
South Melbourne premiership player 1909 South Melbourne captain-coach 1910–1911 Interstate games: 4 Victorian captain 1912 Richmond captain 1914–1916, 1919

William "Bill" Thomas (10 November 1886 – 8 October 1974)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1906 and 1913 and then for the Richmond Football Club from 1914 to 1916 and again in 1919. His son Len Thomas was a premiership player for South Melbourne.

"Son", as he was nicknamed, was captain-coach of South Melbourne in 1910 and 1911 and was captain of Richmond for every game he played for them.

References

South Melbourne Football Club 1909 VFL premiers

South Melbourne 4.14 (38) defeated Carlton 4.12 (36), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Barry Belcher Bower Cameron Deas Drane Franks Gough Grimshaw Hiskins Kerr Mortimer Moxham Pentland Ricketts (c) Scobie Thomas Wade

Coach: Ricketts

Captains of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans

1897–1898: Fraser 1899: Adamson 1900: Windley 1901: Trim 1902: Windley 1903: Fogarty 1904–1905: McGee 1906: Howson 1907–1908: Dolphin 1909: Ricketts 1910–1911: Thomas 1912: Ricketts 1913: H. Kelly 1914–1915; 1917:* Belcher 1918–1919: Caldwell 1920: Belcher 1921: Willis 1922: Tandy 1923–1925: P. Scanlan 1926–1927: Pannam 1928: J. Scanlan 1929: Stanbridge 1930–1931: J. Scanlan 1932: Leonard 1933–1936: Bisset 1937: Nash 1938–1945: Matthews 1946–1948: Graham 1949: Lucas 1950–1952: Lane 1953–1954: Clegg 1955: Gunn 1956: Gillett 1957–1960: Clegg 1961–1971: Skilton 1972: Rantall 1973–1976: Bedford 1977–1979: Quade 1980–1984: Round 1984–1985: Browning 1986–1992: Carroll 1993–2002: P. Kelly 2003–2005: Maxfield 2006–2007: Hall/Kirk/Barry 2008: Hall/Barry/Bolton 2009–2010: Bolton/Goodes/Kirk 2011–2012: Goodes/McVeigh 2013–: Jack/McVeigh

*South Melbourne did not participate in the VFL in 1916 due to World War I

Coaches of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans

1909: Ricketts 1910–1911: Thomas 1912: Ricketts 1913: H. Kelly 1914–1917: Belcher 1918–1919: Elms/Howson 1920: Hiskins 1921: Wood 1922: Cazaly 1923–1928: Pannam 1929: Caldwell 1929: Fleiter 1930–1931: Scanlan 1932: Leonard 1933–1936: Bisset 1935: Diggins 1937–1938: Cazaly 1939: Matthews 1940: Baggott 1941–1944: J. Kelly 1945–1948: Adams 1948–1949: Hale 1950–1952: Lane 1953: Nash 1954–1957: Matthews 1958–1959: Clegg 1960–1961: Faul 1962–1964: McMahen 1965–1966: Skilton 1965: Lahiff 1967–1968: Miller 1969–1972: Smith 1973–1975: John 1976–1977: Stewart 1978: Tuddenham 1979–1981: Stewart 1982–1984: Quade 1984: Franklin 1984: Hammond 1985: Northey 1986–1988: Hafey 1989–1991: Kinnear 1992–1993: Buckenara 1993: Scott 1993–1995: Barassi 1996–2002: Eade 2002–2010: Roos 2011–: Longmire

Italics denote caretaker coach

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