Bill Heatley (footballer)

Bill Heatley (13 March 1886 – 31 August 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Bill Heatley
Heatley in 1908
Personal information
Full name William Heatley
Date of birth (1886-03-13)13 March 1886
Place of birth Carlton, Victoria
Date of death 31 August 1948(1948-08-31) (aged 62)
Place of death West Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s) Zeehan
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1908–11 Collingwood 50 (19)
1912 Brighton (VFA) 05 0(1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

Heatley was born William Kennedy, the son of the then unmarried Catherine Kennedy (1867–1899);[2] and, when she married William Peter Heatley (1862–1936),[3][4] in 1890, he took his step-father's surname of Heatley.

He married Eva Russell (1892-1967) in 1912.

Football

Collingwood (VFL)

On 1 May 1908, he was granted a clearance from the Commonwealth Football Club, in Zeehan, Western Tasmania, to Collingwood.[5] He played 50 games for Collingwood over four seasons.[6]

Although he played in 16 matches, including the last three home-and-away matches, during the 1910 season, he did not play in any of the season's three Final matches.

Brighton (VFA)

Having played his final two senior matches for Collingwood (on 6 and 20 May 1912), he transferred to Brighton in the Victorian Football Association in late June 1912,[7] but only played five games for them before his senior football career ended.

Death

He died (suddenly) on 31 August 1948.[8]

Notes
  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.384.
  2. Funeral Notices: Heatley, The Age, (Wednesday, 5 July 1899), p.10.
  3. Deaths: Heatley, The Age, (Saturday, 13 June 1936), p.11.
  4. The Blueseum suggests that his step-father might have played for Carlton in its pre-VFL days.
  5. "PERMIT APPLICATIONS". The Argus. Victoria, Australia. 2 May 1908. p. 17.
  6. The Collingwood Team (Photograph), The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 13 June 1908), p.25.
  7. "FOOTBALL". The Argus (20, 260). Victoria, Australia. 29 June 1911. p. 5.
  8. Deaths: Heatley, The Age, (Thursday, 2 September 1948), p.2.

References
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