Bill Twomey, Sr.

Bill Twomey, Sr.
Personal information
Full name	William Patrick Twomey
Date of birth	14 May 1899
Date of death	25 March 1977(1977-03-25) (aged 77)
Original team(s)	Heidelberg
Height / weight	174 cm / 70 kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1918–1922 1933–1934 Total	Collingwood Hawthorn	54 (5) 10 (0) 64 (5)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1933–1934	Hawthorn	32 (5–27–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934.
Career highlights
Collingwood premiership side 1919

William Patrick "Bill" Twomey (14 May 1899 - 25 March 1977)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). His sons Mick, Pat and Bill and grandson David Twomey all played league football with Collingwood.

Twomey possessed exceptional pace and was thus used mainly as a wingman although he also played occasionally as a centreman and half back. In five seasons with Collingwood he played 54 games, including their 1919 premiership as well as in three losing grand finals. He represented Victoria in an interstate match against South Australia in 1921.

After leaving Collingwood at the end of the 1922 season to concentrate on an athletics career, Twomey had success as a sprinter winning the 1924 Stawell Gift. He later turned to football, joining Hawthorn in 1933 as captain-coach. Hawthorn finished in 11th position for both of his seasons in charge, the latter in a non playing capacity although he did appear in one match that year.

He was also briefly a boundary umpire, officiating in three league games.^[2]

References

• Bill Twomey, Sr.'s statistics from AFL Tables
• Coaching record at www.afl.allthestats.com
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.