Bill Kenny (Australian footballer)

William John Kenny MBE (30 July 1897 – 29 December 1978) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Bill Kenny
Personal information
Full name	William John Kenny
Date of birth	(1897-07-30)30 July 1897
Place of birth	Albert Park, Victoria
Date of death	29 December 1978(1978-12-29) (aged 81)
Place of death	Canberra
Original team(s)	South Melbourne Districts
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1919	South Melbourne	2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He spent 49 years working for the Royal Australian Navy, becoming Head of Naval Personnel Branch before retiring in 1962.^[2] He was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to the Navy in the New Year's Honours list of 1963.^[3]

Kenny's father Billy also played for South Melbourne.

Notes

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 474. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
2. "Half A Century With The Navy" (PDF). Navy News. 27 July 1962. p. 4.
3. "HONOURS LIST". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10, 422. 1 January 1963. p. 1.

External links

• Bill Kenny's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Bill Kenny at AustralianFootball.com