William "Nipper" Truscott

William "Nipper" Truscott
Personal information
Date of birth	(1886-10-09)9 October 1886
Place of birth	Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death	20 June 1966(1966-06-20) (aged 79)
Place of death	East Fremantle, Western Australia
Original team(s)	Trafalgar juniors
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Position(s)	Rover, forward pocket
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1907–12	Mines Rovers	unknown
1913–24	East Fremantle	202 (90)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1908–24	Western Australia	16 (2)
Coaching career3
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1925–26	East Fremantle	37 (24–13–0)
1934–35	Perth	41 (18–23–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1924. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 1924. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1935.
Career highlights
East Fremantle premiership side 1914, 1918, 1925 East Fremantle captain 1916–22 Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee 1996 W.A. Football Hall of Fame inductee 2004
Source: AustralianFootball.com

William John "Nipper" Truscott Jr. (9 October 1886 in Lithgow, New South Wales – 20 June 1966 in East Fremantle, Western Australia^[1]) was an Australian sportsman. He played over 300 games of Australian rules football for Mines Rovers in the Goldfields Football League (GFL) and East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League, and represented Western Australia at football, cricket and lawn bowls. He was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985 and the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996.