Bill_Kenny_(Australian_footballer)

Bill Kenny (Australian footballer)

Bill Kenny (Australian footballer)

Australian rules 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]

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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.

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  1. [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. [2]
    "Half A Century With The Navy" (PDF). Navy News. 27 July 1962. p. 4.
  3. [3]
    "HONOURS LIST". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10, 422. 1 January 1963. p. 1.


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