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Key Facts

Full name
Brian William Thomas

Known as
Billy Thomas

Born
20 December 1934

Died
8 October 2011 (aged 76)

Senior clubs
Port Adelaide; North Adelaide

Recruited from
Port Adelaide (1960)

Billy Thomas


ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
Port AdelaideSANFL1957-195918170.94—————
North AdelaideSANFL1960-19661122282.04—————
SANFL1957-19661302451.88—————
Total1957-19661302451.88—————

Unable to crack it for a regular senior game with Port Adelaide, Billy Thomas followed Jack McCarthy to North Adelaide when McCarthy went to the Roosters as coach in 1960. Having managed just 18 games in three seasons with the Magpies, Thomas became a regular with North, adding 108 league games, mainly as a rover, between 1960 and 1966. All told he managed the impressive tally (for a rover) of 228 goals, which entailed topping the Roosters' goal-kicking list on no fewer than five occasions. Thomas was first rover in North's 1960 premiership team. He represented South Australia four times, kicking two goals.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Footy Publications

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.