Full name William Eason Original team(s) Barwon Place of death Woodend, Victoria | Date of birth 2 February 1882 Name Bill Eason | |
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Date of death 6 December 1957(1957-12-06) (aged 75) | ||
Place of birth Liverpool, England | ||
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William "Bill" Eason (2 February 1882 – 6 December 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong Football Club. He was the brother of Geelong great Alec Eason.
A centreman, Eason will forever hold a place in the Geelong record books as being their first footballer to play 200 VFL games. Bill was also an outstanding cricketer in the Geelong Cricket Association taking 547 wickets at 10.7 from 1902-1931. He is buried at the East Geelong Cemetery in a family plot that is marked with his younger brother's headstone who died of injuries sustained in a football match at the Corio Oval aged in his early twenties.
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