Billy Dalton
Australian rugby league footballer (1888-1956)
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William Francis Dalton (1888-1956) was a pioneer rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League in the 1911–12 and 1914 seasons.
FullnameWilliam Francis Dalton
Born7 May 1888
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died19 December 1956 (aged 68)
Bexley, New South Wales, Australia
PositionHooker, Lock, Prop, Second-row
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| Full name | William Francis Dalton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 May 1888 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 December 1956 (aged 68) Bexley, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker, Lock, Prop, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Relatives | Barney Dalton (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career
Dalton, a Lock and Paddington Junior, played for the Eastern Suburbs club the year that club won its first premiership in 1911, he was also a member of their second premiership side in 1912.
He finished his career at Glebe in 1914.
Dalton is recognised as being the Sydney Roosters club's 58th player.[2]
His brother, Barney Dalton, also played with Eastern Suburbs.[3]
