# Bill Snell

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{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Bill Snell
| image = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|3|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = 
| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|3|18|1927|3|23|df=yes}}
| death_place = 
| originalteam = Mirboo North
| debutdate = Round 1, [1950](/source/1950_VFL_season)
| debutteam = [Essendon](/source/Essendon_Football_Club)
| debutopponent = [Fitzroy](/source/Fitzroy_Football_Club)
| debutstadium = [Brunswick Street](/source/Brunswick_Street_Oval)
| height = 185 cm
| weight = 84 kg
| position = 
| statsend = 1952
| years1 = 1950–52
| club1 = [Essendon](/source/Essendon_Football_Club)
| games_goals1 = 36 (16)
| careerhighlights = 
}}

'''William Snell''' (23 March 1927 – 18 March 2009<ref>{{cite book|title=AFL Record Season Guide 2010|year=2010 |isbn=978-0-9806274-5-9|editor=Lovett, Michael|page=948}}</ref>) was an [Australian rules football](/source/Australian_rules_football)er who played with [Essendon](/source/Essendon_Football_Club) in the [VFL](/source/Australian_Football_League) during the early 1950s.

A centre half forward, Snell made his debut in Dick Reynolds's 300th game. He was a member of Essendon's 1950 premiership team and also played in the side which lost the decider the following season. He suffered a serious head injury during a pre-season game before the 1951 season.<ref>{{Ref AFL Encyc|4th|610}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23042195 |title=Football star's injuries critical. |newspaper=[The Argus](/source/The_Argus_(Melbourne)) |location=Melbourne |date=16 April 1951 |accessdate=10 December 2013 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>  Although doctors feared that he would never play football again, Snell returned to play the last eight games of the [1951 VFL season](/source/1951_VFL_season),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23055941 |title=DONS REGAIN STAR Snell wins back place. |newspaper=[The Argus](/source/The_Argus_(Melbourne)) |location=Melbourne |date=3 August 1951 |accessdate=10 December 2013 |page=10 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> including Essendon's loss to Geelong in the [1951 VFL Grand Final](/source/1951_VFL_Grand_Final).  He played a further eight games in 1952 before retiring from the VFL and going to coach the [Stawell Football Club](/source/Stawell_Football_Club) in 1953.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72764384 |title=SNELL AT STAWELL. |newspaper=Horsham Times|location=Horsham|date=27 January 1953 |accessdate=10 December 2013 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{AFL Tables|ref=B/Bill_Snell.html}}

{{1950 Essendon premiership players}}

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Category:1927 births
Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:Essendon Football Club players
Category:Essendon Football Club premiership players
Category:2009 deaths
Category:VFL/AFL premiership players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen

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