Vale Bill Brown
1934 – 2022
Wests Player number 526 (1954)
Easts Player number 533 (1963)
Bill in 1962
Bill played for Wests between 1954 and 1955
1956 – Captain/coach Tamworth
1957 – Captain/coach Dubbo
1958 – Captain/coach Coffs Harbour
Then Wests – 1959 – 1962
During Bill’s six years at Wests he played a total of 105 Grade games51 First Grade games 43 Reserve Grade and 11 Third Grade games Bill scored 16 tries during his time at Wests Bill played one season at Easts 1963
Bill’s 1st First Grade game for Wests was in 1954
Team photo taken in the Pratten Park dressing shed
Bill’s big year was 1961 when he played in the Wests team that played against Saints in the 1961 Grand Final
In 1962 Wests played Saints in the Reserve Grade Grand Final
After leaving Easts in 1963 Bill coached on the South Coast of NSW.
Milton – Ulladulla
AND
Nowra – Bomaderry
These two teams now play for the Bill Brown Cup
Bills Coached the Milton -Ulladulla team to victory over Mick Cronins Gerringong Lions in 1987
Bill Brown RIP