Bill Thripp
Personal information
Full name William Thripp
Date of birth (1940-01-26)26 January 1940
Date of death 15 February 2007(2007-02-15) (aged 67)
Original team(s) Richmond Scouts
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1959–1962 Collingwood 46 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1962.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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]

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