Billy Picken

Billy Picken
Personal information
Date of birth	(1956-06-07) 7 June 1956
Original team(s)	Macarthur
Height / weight	185cm / 81kg
Career highlights
Collingwood best and fairest 1978 & 1983 Collingwood Team of the Century (Half-Back flank) Third Brownlow Medal 1977
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Billy Picken (born 7 June 1956) is a former Australian Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and the Sydney Swans. Picken arrived at Collingwood in 1974 from Macarthur as a forward but developed into one of the games finest centre-half backs. Despite playing in four losing Grand Finals Picken maintained his reputation as a finals performer & was recognised for his fine contributions when named in the Collingwood Team of the century. When Picken controversially moved to the Swans in 1984 he was hit by a succession of injuries for the first time in his career. He later returned to Victoria Park to captain-coach the reserves.

Picken is the father of Western Bulldogs player, Liam Picken and former Brisbane Lions player Marcus Picken, and also the uncle of Brisbane Lions captain, Jonathan Brown.

He also played first-grade cricket for Collingwood Cricket Club and had the dubious distinction of being the first first-grade cricketer ever to be suspended by the Victorian Cricket Association for striking an opponent during a cricket match.

External links

• Billy Picken's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Collingwood Website
• Archived 4 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine