Bill Cubbins

Bill Cubbins
Bill Cubbins
Personal information
Full name	William Tennyson Cubbins
Date of birth	4 May 1899
Place of birth	St Kilda, Victoria
Date of death	3 January 1968 (aged 68)
Place of death	Moorabbin, Victoria
Original team(s)	South St Kilda
Playing career1
Years	Club
1915, 1919–26, 1928–30	St Kilda
1931–32, 1934	Footscray
Total
Coaching career
Years	Club
1930	St Kilda
1931–33	Footscray
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934.
Career highlights
	Club captain 1921–22, 1925, 1929–30; St. Kilda Best & Fairest 1921, 1923, 1928–29; Victorian state representative six times; Warrnambool Premiership Captain/Coach: 1927;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William Tennyson Cubbins (4 May 1899 – 3 January 1968)^[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Cubbins played with St Kilda as possibly the greatest full back of his time. He won a record four club best and fairest awards (equalled by Robert Harvey). Cubbins was an excellent mark and long kick.

He was captain / coach of Warrnambool in 1927 and lead them to the premiership of the Western District Football Association.^[3]^[4]^[5]

He returned to St. Kilda in 1928.

In Round 14 of the 1920 reserves season, Cubbins kicked a reserve grade record 22 goals in St Kilda's 230 point win over West Melbourne 38.27 (255) to 3.7 (25), including 12.4 (76) of the Saints 12.6 (78) in the final quarter.

References

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
^ "Bill Cubbins – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
^ "1927 - Western District FA - Grand Final match review. "Warrnambool Win Western Pennant"". Weekly Times. 17 September 1927. p. 80. Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
^ "1927 - Western District FA - Grand Final match review. "Warrnambool wins Premiership"". Camperdown Chronicle. Vic. 13 September 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
^ "1927 - Western District FA - Grand Final match review. "Warrnambool win Shield"". The Herald. 14 September 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.

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[1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.

[2] "Bill Cubbins – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

[3] "1927 - Western District FA - Grand Final match review. "Warrnambool Win Western Pennant"". Weekly Times. 17 September 1927. p. 80. Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.

[4] "1927 - Western District FA - Grand Final match review. "Warrnambool wins Premiership"". Camperdown Chronicle. Vic. 13 September 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.

[5] "1927 - Western District FA - Grand Final match review. "Warrnambool win Shield"". The Herald. 14 September 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.

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v t e Coaches of the St Kilda Football Club
VFL/AFL	1906: Hall 1908: Grace 1909: J. Smith 1911: Drohan 1913: Sparrow 1914: McNamara 1915; 1918:* J. Smith 1919: Eicke 1920: Sparrow 1920–1921: Ricketts 1922–1923: McNamara 1924: Eicke 1925–1926: Clark 1927: Heinz 1928–1929: Sparrow 1930: Cubbins 1931–1932: Hardy 1932: King 1933: Deane 1934: C. Watson 1935–1937: Minogue 1938–1940: Clarke 1941: Knight 1942–1943: Garvin 1944–1945: H. Thomas 1946–1947: Hird 1948–1950: Froude 1951: Green 1952–1953: Williamson 1954–1955: Foote 1956–1958: Killigrew 1959–1960: Francis 1961–1976: Jeans 1972, 1974: Guy 1977: R. Smith 1978–1980: M. Patterson 1980–1982: Jesaulenko 1983–1984: Jewell 1984–1986: Gellie 1987–1989: Baldock 1987: Davis 1990–1993: Sheldon 1994–1998: Alves 1999–2000: T. Watson 2001: Blight 2001–2006: G. Thomas 2007–2011: Lyon 2012–2013: Watters 2014–2019: Richardson 2019–2022: Ratten 2023–: Lyon
AFL Women's	2020–2021: Searle 2022 (S6)–: Dal Santo
St Kilda did not participate in the VFL from 1916–1917 due to World War I Italics* denote caretaker coach

v t e Coaches of the Footscray Football Club/Western Bulldogs
VFL/AFL	1925: McCarthy 1926: Saunders 1926: Cassidy 1927–1928: Scanlan 1929: Eason 1930: Hopkins 1931–1933: Cubbins 1934–1935: Morrison 1935–1937: Coventry 1937–1940: Kelly 1941–1942: Ware 1943–1946: Olliver 1947: Crowe 1948–1950: Olliver 1951–1957: Sutton 1957–1966: Whitten 1967–1968: Sutton 1969–1971: Whitten 1972–1975: Rose 1976–1978: Goggin 1978–1979: McKenzie 1980–1982: Hart 1982–1983: Hampshire 1984–1989: Malthouse 1990–1994: Wheeler 1994–1996: Joyce 1996–2002: Wallace 2002–2004: Rohde 2005–2011: Eade 2011: Williams 2012–2014: McCartney 2015–: Beveridge
AFL Women's	2017–2019: Groves 2020–: Burke
Italics denote caretaker coach

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