Bill Wisdom
Personal information
Full name William Lang Wisdom
Date of birth (1912-05-30)30 May 1912
Date of death 9 March 1940(1940-03-09) (aged 27)
Place of death Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s) North Adelaide / North Shore AFC
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1936 Richmond 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1936.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William Lang Wisdom (30 May 1912 – 9 March 1940) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] He died in a car accident in Adelaide, aged 27.[2] The vehicle he was travelling in collided with a tram.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 966. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Death After Crash. Was Footballer". The News. Adelaide. 9 March 1940. p. 7. Retrieved 17 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Did Tram Go Backwards After Crash?". The News. Adelaide. 20 March 1940. p. 7. Retrieved 17 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

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