Vale #9,#19,#22,#24#25,#29 Captain Percy Wilson (1889-1941)
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:05 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Wilson
Continuing on my search for Collingwood players/officials buried at the Cheltenham cemeteries, I'm hoping to confirm if Percy Wilson, two-time Collingwood Premiership player (1910 and 1917 as captain) is buried at the Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery.
The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers states:
"Wilson was a star rover and forward from the moment he arrived at Victoria Park. He had a bad run with injuries, braking his leg and his arm at various times. He even twisted an ankle when walking off the ground after a ground. Wilson was a clever, tricky rover who was a beautiful pass on the run. He revelled in burrowing under packs to get the ball and had tremendous stamina. With Highes and Minogue he formed a mighty ruck trio. He took over from the injured Jock McHale as skipper in 1917. He led the side in that and the following year and his play took on a new dimension when he was placed in the centre. Even when McHale returned to the playing field late in the year he was happy to let Wilson remain as skipper and he eventually led the side to the flag. IN 1919 he missed playing in a second flag because of a broken arm. He had missed the 1910 flag through injury. In 1921 he was approached to be captain-coach of Melbourne and even though Collingwood though he was finished as a footballer, he played another three years [for Melbourne]. He went to St Kilda briefly as coach, but after a few months was back at Melbourne. Wilson played for Victoria twice".
According to AFL Tables, Wilson did in fact play in the 1910 GF - see http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/game ... 01001.html
Wilson was born on 31 Mar 1889. That's all the info I have thanks to the legacy of football 'historians' to conveniently not record any other life details. That's how they disappear....
The Percy Wilson buried at Cheltenham died 3 Dec 1959 aged 70 together with his wife Beatrice (d 1964 aged 74).
Does anyone have any further info about Wilson such as his parents' name, when he married, wife's name, children etc?
Email: info@focrc.org
Continuing on my search for Collingwood players/officials buried at the Cheltenham cemeteries, I'm hoping to confirm if Percy Wilson, two-time Collingwood Premiership player (1910 and 1917 as captain) is buried at the Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery.
The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers states:
"Wilson was a star rover and forward from the moment he arrived at Victoria Park. He had a bad run with injuries, braking his leg and his arm at various times. He even twisted an ankle when walking off the ground after a ground. Wilson was a clever, tricky rover who was a beautiful pass on the run. He revelled in burrowing under packs to get the ball and had tremendous stamina. With Highes and Minogue he formed a mighty ruck trio. He took over from the injured Jock McHale as skipper in 1917. He led the side in that and the following year and his play took on a new dimension when he was placed in the centre. Even when McHale returned to the playing field late in the year he was happy to let Wilson remain as skipper and he eventually led the side to the flag. IN 1919 he missed playing in a second flag because of a broken arm. He had missed the 1910 flag through injury. In 1921 he was approached to be captain-coach of Melbourne and even though Collingwood though he was finished as a footballer, he played another three years [for Melbourne]. He went to St Kilda briefly as coach, but after a few months was back at Melbourne. Wilson played for Victoria twice".
According to AFL Tables, Wilson did in fact play in the 1910 GF - see http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/game ... 01001.html
Wilson was born on 31 Mar 1889. That's all the info I have thanks to the legacy of football 'historians' to conveniently not record any other life details. That's how they disappear....
The Percy Wilson buried at Cheltenham died 3 Dec 1959 aged 70 together with his wife Beatrice (d 1964 aged 74).
Does anyone have any further info about Wilson such as his parents' name, when he married, wife's name, children etc?
Email: info@focrc.org