Australian Football

Bill Becker was a tall utility player whose father, a leather goods manufacturer who supplied the “Sandow” brand footballs that were used in that era in Queensland, was a pioneer of the game in Queensland. Described as a 'good mark, accurate kick and a cool, heady player', Becker twice won the De Little Medal and was a cornerstone of the strong South Brisbane team of the 1920s and early '30s. 

A Queensland rep over a nine-year period from 1924 to 1932, he had a year in rugby league but was won back by Australian Football. Like Clem Ryan, with whom he played for nine years in the Queensland team, he passed away in 1957 at the age of 50.                                

Author - ​Murray Bird and Peter Blucher