Bill McNamara | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | William Healy McNamara | ||
Nickname(s) | Snowy | ||
Date of birth | 8 June 1876 | ||
Place of birth | Port Fairy, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 21 November 1959 | (aged 83)||
Place of death | Parkville, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Brunswick | ||
Position(s) | Wingman | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1899–1904 | Carlton | 69 (8) | |
Umpiring career | |||
Years | League | Role | Games |
1905–1908 | VFL | Field umpire | 3 |
1905–1915 | VFL | Boundary umpire | 101 |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
William Healy McNamara (8 June 1876 – 21 November 1959)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
One of the ten children of John Joseph McNamara (1843-1921),[3] and, Catherine Mary McNamara (1848-1914), née Enright,[4] William Healy McNamara was born at Port Fairy, Victoria on 8 June 1876.[1]
He married Honorah Teresa Barrett (1876-1937) in 1900.[5][6] They had six children; one of whom, William Patrick McNamara (1912–1983), played VFL football for both Melbourne and South Melbourne.
McNamara was a wingman at Carlton for six seasons;[7] he left the club after not being picked for the 1904 finals.[8] As a result, he missed out on playing in the successful team which won three successive premierships from 1906 to 1908.
He was, also, a VFL umpire; officiating in 104 games, mostly as a boundary umpire. He was on the boundary in the 1910 VFL Grand Final.[9]
He died at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria on 21 November 1959.[10]