# Bill Lever

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**William George Hulme Lever** (20 April 1904 – 25 September 1986)[1] was an [Australian rules footballer](/source/Australian_rules_football) who played with [Carlton](/source/Carlton_Football_Club) in the [Victorian Football League](/source/Australian_Football_League) (VFL).[2]

## Family

The son of William Lever (1877–1909) and Sophia Amelia Lever (1882–1962), née Potter, William George Hulme Lever was born at Prahran, Victoria on 20 April 1904.[3]

## Football

### Carlton (VFL)

Bill Lever played fourteen games for Carlton in 1929–30.[2]

### Preston (VFA)

Bill Lever subsequently played seven games for [Preston](/source/Preston_Football_Club_(VFA)) in the 1930 season.[4]

## Military service

Aged 36, Lever enlisted in the [Volunteer Defence Corps](/source/Volunteer_Defence_Corps_(Australia)) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II) in 1940, and served in [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne) until 1944.[5]

## Notes

1. ["Bill Lever - Player Bio"](http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Bill%2BLever/4917). Australian Football. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

1. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2009). *The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897*. 8th ed. Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 484. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.

1. ["Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria"](https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/-). Government of Victoria.

1. ["Lever, Bill"](http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Lever,_Bill.php). *The VFA Project*. Retrieved 2021-02-05.

1. ["WWII Nominal Roll: William Lever"](https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=626300&c=WW2). Department of Veterans Affairs.

## External links

- [Bill Lever's playing statistics](http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Lever,_Bill.php) from The VFA Project
- [Bill Lever's profile](http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Bill+Lever) at Blueseum

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