Bill Killiby | |||||
Fullname: | William John Reginald Killiby | ||||
Birth Date: | 16 January 1911 | ||||
Birth Place: | Balmain, New South Wales, Australia | ||||
Death Place: | Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia | ||||
Retired: | yes | ||||
Club1: | St George Dragons | ||||
Year1start: | 1933 | ||||
Year1end: | 35 | ||||
Appearances1: | 39 | ||||
Tries1: | 11 | ||||
Goals1: | 0 | ||||
Fieldgoals1: | 0 | ||||
Points1: | 33 | ||||
Source: | Whiticker/Hudson | ||||
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Bill Killiby (16 January 1911 – 9 May 1979) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s.
He played three seasons of first grade with St George Dragons between 1933-1935 and retired at the end of the 1940 season in Reserve Grade.
Killiby played lock-forward in the 1933 Grand Final against Newtown.[1] Killiby's last game was on 30 August 1940 in the Reserve Grade Grand Final in which St. George Dragons won 29–10.[2]
Killiby served with the Australian Army in New Guinea in World War II. He was discharged due to injury in October 1944.[3]
Killiby died on 9 May 1979.[4]