Bill Cookson

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Bill Cookson | image = | fullname = William Henry James Cookson | birth_date = {{birth date|1900|12|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Collingwood, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1980|07|19|1900|12|10|df=y}} | death_place = Parkville, Victoria | height = 168 cm | weight = 60 kg | position = | statsend = 1924 | years1 = 1924 | club1 = {{AFL Ess}} | games_goals1 = 2 (3) | careerhighlights = }} '''William Henry James Cookson''' (10 December 1900 – 19 July 1980) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=175}}</ref>

== Notes == {{reflist}} == External links == *{{AFL Tables|ref=B/Bill_Cookson.html}} *{{AustralianFootball|ref=bill%2Bcookson/4168}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cookson, Bill}} Category:1900 births Category:1980 deaths Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:Essendon Football Club players Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen

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