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Bill Lever

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Bill Lever
Personal information
Full name William George Hulme Lever
Date of birth (1904-04-20)20 April 1904
Place of birth Prahran, Victoria
Date of death 25 September 1986(1986-09-25) (aged 82)
Original team(s) Rochester
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1929–30 Carlton 14 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1930.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William George Hulme Lever (20 April 1904 – 25 September 1986)[1] was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Family

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The son of William Lever (1877–1909) and Sophia Amelia Lever (1882–1962), née Potter, William George Hulme Lever was born at Prahran, Victoria on 20 April 1904.[3]

Football

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Carlton (VFL)

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Bill Lever played fourteen games for Carlton in 1929–30.[2]

Preston (VFA)

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Bill Lever subsequently played seven games for Preston in the 1930 season.[4]

Military service

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Aged 36, Lever enlisted in the Volunteer Defence Corps during World War II in 1940, and served in Melbourne until 1944.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Bill Lever - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 484. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. ^ "Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria". Government of Victoria.
  4. ^ "Lever, Bill". The VFA Project. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. ^ "WWII Nominal Roll: William Lever". Department of Veterans Affairs.
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