| Bill Hearn | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Roger Musgrove Hearn | ||
| Date of birth | 4 March 1914 | ||
| Place of birth | Bungaree, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 3 November 1949 (aged 35) | ||
| Place of death | Oodnadatta, South Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | South Ballarat | ||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1935 | Richmond | 6 (5) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1935. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Roger Musgrove "Bill" Hearn (4 March 1914 – 3 November 1949), also known as William Hearn[a], was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
A talented local footballer during his time in Ballarat and then Minyip, which bookended his short league career at Richmond, Hearn later joined the Australian Army as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force. Altering his birth year and changing his name to William to avoid rejection for prior criminal convictions, Hearn spent four years at war before his discharge in late 1945. He ultimately died in 1949 at 35 years of age, estranged from his family and residing in the remote outback town of Oodnadatta, South Australia.
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