Bill Cubbins

William Tennyson Cubbins (4 May 1899 – 3 January 1968)^[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Bill Cubbins
Personal information
Full name	William Tennyson Cubbins
Date of birth	4 May 1899
Place of birth	St Kilda, Victoria
Date of death	3 January 1968(1968-01-03) (aged 68)
Place of death	Moorabbin, Victoria
Original team(s)	South St Kilda^[1]
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1915, 1919–26, 1928–30	St Kilda	149 (42)
1931–32, 1934	Footscray	033 0(0)
Total		182 (42)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1930	St Kilda	18 0(8–10–0)
1931–33	Footscray	54 (32–22–0)
Total		72 (40–32–0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934.
Career highlights
Club captain 1921–22, 1925, 1929–30 St. Kilda Best & Fairest 1921, 1923, 1928–29 Victorian state representative six times Warrnambool Premiership Captain/Coach: 1927
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Cubbins played with St Kilda as possibly the greatest full back of his time. He won a record four club best and fairest awards (equalled by Robert Harvey). Cubbins was an excellent mark and long kick.

He was captain / coach of Warrnambool in 1927 and lead them to the premiership of the Western District Football Association.^[3][4][5]

He returned to St. Kilda in 1928.

In Round 14 of the 1920 Reserves season, Cubbins kicked a reserve grade record 22 goals in St Kilda FC's 230 point win over West Melbourne 38.27 (255) to 3.7 (25), including 12.4 (76) of the Saints 12.6 (78) in the final quarter.

References

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
2. "Bill Cubbins – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
3. "1927 - Western District FA - Grand Final match review. "Warrnambool Win Western Pennant"". Weekly Times. 17 September 1927. p. 80. Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
4. "1927 - Western District FA - Grand Final match review. "Warrnambool wins Premiership"". Camperdown Chronicle. Vic. 13 September 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
5. "1927 - Western District FA - Grand Final match review. "Warrnambool win Shield"". The Herald. 14 September 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.

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