Clyde Hill (footballer)

Clyde Hill
Clyde Hill
Personal information
Full name	Clyde Neil Hill
Date of birth	5 December 1895
Place of birth	Mooroopna, Victoria
Date of death	12 May 1965 (aged 69)
Place of death	Mooroopna, Victoria
Original team(s)	Mooroopna
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1923	Carlton
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1923.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Clyde Neil Hill (5 December 1895 – 12 May 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Hill played in Mooroopna's 1923 Goulburn Valley Football League's premiership team, kicking five out the team's six goals^[2] and also lead the 1926 Goulburn Valley Football League goal kicking, with 46 goals.^[3]

Hill had beautiful balance and was a deadly accurate kick for goal.^[4]

Hill played 22 seasons of Australian Rules football, with most of that played with the Mooroopna Football Club.^[5]

Hill served in the Australian Army in both World War One^[6] and World War Two.^[7]

References

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 372. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
^ "1923 - MOOROOPNA WIN PENNANT". Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953). 6 September 1923. p. 5. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
^ "1926 - Leading Goalkickers". Trove Newspapers. Kyabram Free Press and Rodney and Deakin Shire Advocate (Vic. : 1894 - 1955). 24 August 1926. p. 3. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
^ "1948 - FOOTBALL MEMORIES". Shepparton Advertiser. 28 May 1948. p. 1. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
^ "1946 - Football Pin Ups". Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953). 26 April 1946. p. 15. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
^ "World War One Service: Clyde Hill". Australian War Memorial. 12 April 1919. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
^ "World War Two Service: Clyde Neil Hill". Department of Veteran's Affairs. 1 October 1945. Retrieved 10 December 2024.