Bill Eason, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bill Eason

Australian rules footballer and coach

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1881

Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 06-Dec-1957

Profession: Australian rules footballer, Australian rules football coach

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

William Eason (2 February 1882 – 6 December 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong Football Club.
He was the brother of Geelong great Alec Eason.A centreman, Eason will forever hold a place in the Geelong record books as being their first footballer to play 200 VFL games.
Bill was also an outstanding cricketer in the Geelong Cricket Association taking 547 wickets at 10.7 from 1902-1931.
He is buried at the East Geelong Cemetery in a family plot that is marked with his younger brother's headstone who died of injuries sustained in a football match at the Corio Oval aged in his early twenties.