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Billy Stewart (Australian footballer)

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Billy Stewart
Personal information
Full name Billy Stewart
Date of birth (1884-08-03)3 August 1884
Date of death 16 April 1968(1968-04-16) (aged 83)
Original team(s) Kerang
Height / weight 178 cm / 81 kg
Position(s) Defence
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Billy Stewart (3 August 1884 – 16 April 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] Stewart also played for the Victorian team at the 1908 Melbourne Carnival, replacing an injured player. He played his last VFL game in a victory against Geelong, before transferring to Prahran in the Victorian Football Association. He would later also play for North Ballarat. Serving for Australia in World War I, he spent time as a Prisoner of war in Germany.

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. 852. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.