{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Billy Blackman | image = Billy Blackman 1921.jpg | caption = Blackman in 1921 | fullname = William Alfred Blackman | birth_date = {{birth date|1895|08|06|df=y}} | birth_place = Brunswick, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1969|9|29|1895|08|06|df=y}} | death_place = Heidelberg, Victoria | originalteam = Brunswick Juniors | height = 170 cm | weight = 68 kg | position = | statsend = 1924 | years1 = 1920–24 | club1 = {{AFL Car}} | games_goals1 = 54 (9) | careerhighlights = }} '''William Alfred Blackman''' (6 August 1895 – 29 September 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref>Holmesby (2009), p.70.</ref>
==Family== The son of Robert James Blackman (1855-1926), and Margaret Ellen Blackman (1857-1912), née Peterson,<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203326036 Deaths: Blackman, ''The Age'', (Tuesday, 10 December 1912), p.1.]</ref> William Alfred Blackman was born in Brunswick, Victoria on 6 August 1895.
==Military service== He served in the First AIF, enlisting in September 1915. He was wounded in action on three separate occasions. He returned to Australia in December 1918, and was discharged in March 1919.
==Football== ===Carlton (VFL)=== Recruited from Brunswick Juniors, he played 54 games with Carlton over five seasons. He played representative football against New South Wales, in Sydney, on 8 July 1922.
===Brunswick (VFA)=== On 20 May 1925, Blackman was cleared from Carlton to play with the Brunswick Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2119134 Many More Permits, ''The Argus'', (Thursday, 21 May 1925), p.5.]</ref> Overall, he played 22 games with Brunswick over two seasons (1925-1926), including its 1925 premiership team (he was one of Bruswick's best players);<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2165289 Association: Final Match, ''The Argus'', (Saturday, 20 August 1925), p.24]; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2165647/442251 Brunswick Win Premiership, ''The Argus'', (Monday, 31 August 1925), p.16]; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155818404/18725236 "Follower", "The Association: Brunswick Premiers", ''The Age'', (Monday, 31 August 1925), p.15.]</ref> and for a time in 1926, he served as the team's captain.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243577592 Brunswick's Captain: Blackman Resigns, ''The Herald'', (Thursday, 17 June 1926), p.7.]</ref>
===Birchip (NCDFL)=== On 27 April 1927, Blackman was cleared from Brunswick to play with the Birchip Football Club in the North Central District Football League.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3851401 Football: League Permits, ''The Argus'', (Thursday, 28 April 1927), p.7.]</ref>
===Coburg (VFA)=== He played in two matches for the Coburg Football Club in the VFA competition in 1928.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/184271746 Coburg by 27 points, ''The Sporting Globe'', (Saturday, 30 June 1928), p.3]; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205474214/18867082 The Leaders Outpointed, ''The Age'', (Monday, 9 July 1928), p.6.]</ref>
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==References== * {{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}} * [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ViewPDF.aspx?B=3088669&D=D World War One Service Record: Private William Alfred Blackman (4145), ''National Archives of Australia''.] * [https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1068925/large/5361640.JPG World War Nominal Roll: Private William Alfred Blackman (4145), ''Australian War Memorial''.] * [https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1067379/large/5369023.JPG World War Embarkation Roll: Private William Alfred Blackman (4145), ''Australian War Memorial''.]
== External links == {{Commons category}} *{{AustralianFootball}} *{{AFL Tables}} *[https://blueseum.org/Billy_Blackman Billy Blackman's profile] at Blueseum *[https://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Blackman,_W.A._'Billy'.php Billy Blackman's profile] at The VFA Project
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