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Bill Thripp

Bill Thripp

Australian rules footballer

Bill Thripp (26 January 1940 – 15 February 2007)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

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Thripp, the father of Sydney utility Terry,[3] was recruited from Richmond Scouts. He played as a centre half back in the Collingwood team which lost the 1960 VFL Grand Final.[4]

He later coached the Warners Bay Bulldogs in the Newcastle Australian Football League and steered them to a maiden premiership in 1984, going through the entire season undefeated.

References

  1. [1]
    "Bill Thripp". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  2. [2]
    Bill Thripp's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  3. [3]
    Hillier, K. (2004) Like Father Like Son, Pennon Publishing, Melbourne. ISBN 1-877029-73-4.
  4. [4]
    Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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