Bill Wedding

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Bill Wedding
Personal information
Full name Kingsley Arthur Wedding
Date of birth October 1935
Date of death 30 June 2007
Position(s) Ruckman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1957–1968 Norwood 214 (100)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1968.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Kingsley Arthur "Bill" Wedding (October 1935 – 30 June 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Norwood in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He was one of the inaugural inductees into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame, in 2002.

Wedding first played with Norwood in 1957 but wasn't able to cement his spot in the side and spent the following season in the seconds, where he won a Magarey Medal. A knock ruckman, he was at his best in the early 1960s and took out Norwood's 'Club Champion' award every year from 1961 to 1965.

Some of Wedding's best performances came at interstate level, where he out-rucked footballers to the calibre of John Nicholls and Polly Farmer. He was selected in the All-Australian team after the 1961 Brisbane Carnival and also represented South Australia at the 1966 Hobart Carnival. In all he appeared in 19 matches for his state.

References

  • Bill Wedding at AustralianFootball.com
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Norwood Football Club • Team of the Century
Full-forward
  • Neville Roberts
  • Bruce Schultz
  • Robert Oatey
Half-forward
  • Albert Sawley
  • Neil Button
  • Garry McIntosh
Centre
  • Phil Gallagher
  • Alick Lill
  • Doug Olds
Half-back
  • Syd White
  • Walter Scott
  • Ron Kneebone
Full-back
  • Michael Taylor
  • Syd Ackland
  • Alby Bahr
Ruck
  • John Marriott
  • Michael Aish
  • Jack Oatey
Interchange
  • Keith Thomas
  • Bill Wedding
  • John Wynne
  • Sam Gallagher
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South Australian team1966 Interstate Carnival
Victoria (VFL) 16.23 (119) defeated South Australia 7.9 (51), at North Hobart Oval, 11 June 1966, crowd: 23,764
Western Australia 13.11 (89) defeated South Australia 10.14 (74), at North Hobart Oval, 13 June 1966, crowd: 13,969
South Australia 21.20 (146) defeated Victoria (VFA) 9.11 (65), at North Hobart Oval, 16 June 1966, crowd: 10,199
South Australia 14.7 (91) defeated Tasmania 9.13 (67), at North Hobart Oval, 18 June 1966, crowd: 23,368
Coach: Williams