Bill 'Changa' Schultz (1891-1975) was an Australian professional

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footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. An Australia national and New South Wales state representative prop forward, he played his club football in Sydney for Balmain, with whom he won six premierships between 1915 and 1924.

Playing career

Of German and Irish descent, Schultz was a Balmain junior who also played

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at the local Christian Brothers with another future Balmain champion, Charles ‘Chook’ Fraser. Balmain went through the

1915 NSWRFL season The 1915 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the eighth season of Sydney’s top-grade rugby league football club competition, Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season, with the Balmain c ...

undefeated, and Schultz tasted his first premiership success with the club. The following year he played for Balmain at prop forward in the

1916 NSWRFL season The 1916 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the ninth season of Sydney’s top-level professional rugby league competition, Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season which culminated in a ...

's premiership final victory against South Sydney. He again won the premiership with Balmain in the

1917 NSWRFL season The 1917 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the tenth season of Sydney's professional rugby league football club competition, Australia's first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season and Balmain finished o ...

. Chang Schultz was first selected for the Australian national team in 1919, becoming Kangaroo No. 106, and winning another premiership with Balmain that year. He appeared in all three Tests in Australia's Ashes-winning series in 1920, and was again a premiership-winner with Balmain. He was selected to go on the

1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain The 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain was the third ever Kangaroo tour. Again an Australasian side rather than an Australian team alone (although the 28-man squad featured only one New Zealander) travelled to Great Britain to contest the ...

, playing in the second

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test victory against the Lions, and in the third test loss, which cost them the title. Schultz played for Balmain at prop forward in the

1924 NSWRFL season The 1924 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the seventeenth season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league club competition, Australia’s first. Nine teams from across the city contested during the season which culminated in Balma ...

's premiership final victory against South Sydney.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schultz, Bill 1891 births 1975 deaths Australian people of German descent Australian rugby league players Balmain Tigers players Australia national rugby league team players New South Wales rugby league team players Rugby league props Rugby league locks Rugby league players from Sydney