{{short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Bill Thorpe | image = | fullname = William Francis Thorpe | birth_date = {{birth date|1894|01|07|df=y}} | birth_place = West Melbourne, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1953|01|06|1894|01|07|df=y}} | death_place = Fitzroy, Victoria | originalteam = Moorabbin | height = 180 cm | weight = 74 kg | position = | statsend = 1918 | years1 = 1914 | club1 = {{AFL Ric}} | games_goals1 = 2 (2) | years2 = 1918 | club2 = {{AFL Fit}} | games_goals2 = 5 (3) | games_goalstotal = 7 (5) | careerhighlights = }} '''William Francis Thorpe''' (7 January 1894 – 6 January 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and Fitzroy 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=883}}</ref>
Thorpe also played with Footscray, Port Melbourne, Northcote, Prahran and Camberwell in the Victorian Football Association.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Thorpe,_William_G._'Bill'.php |title=Bill Thorpe |publisher=The VFA Project}}</ref>
== Notes == {{reflist}}
== External links == *{{AFL Tables|ref=B/Bill_Thorpe.html}} *{{AustralianFootball|ref=bill%2Bthorpe/3279}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thorpe, Bill}} Category:1894 births Category:1953 deaths Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Category:Richmond Football Club players Category:Fitzroy Football Club players Category:Port Melbourne Football Club players Category:Northcote Football Club players Category:Prahran Football Club players Category:Camberwell Football Club players Category:People from West Melbourne, Victoria Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
{{AFL-bio-1894-stub}}