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Ted Hill (footballer)

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Ted Hill
Hill during his Fitzroy career
Personal information
Full name Ted Hill
Date of birth (1914-01-15)15 January 1914
Date of death 1 July 1986(1986-07-01) (aged 72)
Original team(s) Coburg
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Position(s) Back Pocket
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1939 Collingwood 02 (0)
1940, 1942–45 Fitzroy 20 (2)
Total 22 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ted Hill (15 January 1914 - 1 July 1986) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Hill joined Coburg Football Club as a 16 year old in 1930, spending three years with them, before joining Collingwood. [2]

Hill was captain / coach of Kalgoorlie Railways in their 1948 premiership season, then in 1949, he coached Yallourn to a premiership in the Central Gippsland Football League

Hill was appointed as captain / coach of Culcairn in 1952 and lead them to the 1952 Albury & District Football League premiership. [3]

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 394. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "1949 - Former VFL men to coach". Trove Newspapers. Examiner. 7 October 1949. p. 11. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  3. ^ "1952 - Albury & District FL - Grand Final match review". Trove Newspapers. The Observer, Henty. 12 September 1952. p. 8. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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