Bill Aldag
| Bill Aldag | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Aldag during his Collingwood career | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | William Jacob Aldag | ||
| Date of birth | 30 November 1905 | ||
| Place of birth | Fitzroy North, Victoria[1] | ||
| Date of death | 10 November 1974 (aged 68) | ||
| Place of death | Heidelberg, Victoria | ||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1928 | Footscray | 2 (0) | |
| 1930–1931 | Collingwood | 9 (0) | |
| Total | 11 (0) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
William Jacob Aldag (30 November 1905 – 10 November 1974)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Aldag had his first league season in 1928 with Footscray. In 1930, he joined Collingwood and was a half-forward flanker in their record-setting 1930 premiership team.
Aldag enlisted in the 2nd AIF in 1940 and served in the Middle East in 1941 before being posted to Java, where he was declared missing in 1942. Aldag was later found in a POW camp in Thailand, where he worked on the infamous Burma Railway in appalling conditions. He returned home in November 1945.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Aldag, William". World War Two Nominal Roll. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ "Bill Aldag". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
External links
[edit]
- Bill Aldag's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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- 1905 births
- Western Bulldogs players
- Collingwood Football Club players
- Collingwood Football Club premiership players
- Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
- Australian Army personnel of World War II
- Burma Railway prisoners
- 1974 deaths
- Australian prisoners of war
- Australian Army soldiers
- VFL/AFL premiership players
- Missing in action of World War II
- People from Fitzroy, Victoria
- Military personnel from Melbourne
- Australian rules biography, 1905 birth stubs