William Henry John Sneazwell (3 April 1906 – 14 December 1967) was a former
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played for the
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The club w ...
in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The son of Henry Bow Sneazwell (1882-1941), and Mary Frances Sneazwell (1876-1970), née O'Connor, William Henry John Sneazwell was born at
South Melbourne, Victoria
South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at t ...
on 3 April 1906.
He married Eileen Mary Keenan (1908-1932) in 1928.
He married Veronica Hanlon (1915-2001) on 22 March 1941; their son,
Anthony Howard "Tony" Sneazwell (1942-), a former champion Australian high jumper, competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.
Death
He died, of lymphoma, at
St Vincent's Hospital, in Fitzroy on 14 December 1967.
Deaths: Sneazwell, ''The Age'', (Friday, 15 December 1967), p.23.
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Notes
References
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Sharland, W.S., "Sneazwell, of Tornbury pleases Collingwood folk", ''The Sporting Globe'', (Saturday, 3 September 1927), p.6
Second World War Nominal Roll: Signalman William Henry Sneazwell, ''Department of Veterans' Affairs''
External links
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Bill Sneazwell's profile
at Collingwood Forever
1906 births
1967 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Collingwood Football Club players
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