Percy Wilson (footballer)
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Percy Wilson | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Percival Edward Wilson | ||
Date of birth | 31 March 1889 | ||
Place of birth | Carlton North, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 28 March 1941 | (aged 51)||
Place of death | Prahran, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Collingwood Trades | ||
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Rover, forward | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1909–1920 | Collingwood | 183 (71) | |
1921–1924 | Melbourne | 51 (20) | |
Total | 234 (91) | ||
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
Victoria | 2 (?) | ||
Coaching career3 | |||
Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
1921–1923 | Melbourne | 48 (16–30–2) | |
1930–1931 | Camberwell | ? | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1924. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1923. | |||
Career highlights | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Percival Edward Wilson (31 March 1889 – 28 March 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1900s.
A rover, Wilson won two premierships with Collingwood. The latter, in 1917, was a captain. In 1921 he moved to the Demons where he became captain and coach of the club.
Wilson coached Camberwell in 1930–31.
Death
Having been ill for several months, he died on 28 March 1941.[1][2]
Footnotes
- ^ Deaths: Wilson, The Argus, (Saturday, 29 March 1941), p.4.
- ^ "Former champion dies". The Argus. 29 March 1941. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
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