William Henry Ward (16 November 1891 – 21 February 1978) was an

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er who played with St Kilda in the

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(VFL).

Family

The son of William Mathew Ward (-1939),Deaths: Ward, ''The Age'', (Thursday, 9 March 1938), p.1.
/ref> and Anne Ward, née Haines, William Henry Ward was born at

Kew, Victoria Kew (;) is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 5 km east from Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Boroondara Local government areas of Victor ...

on 16 November 1891. He married Jennie May Foster in 1915.

Football

One of nine new players in the team, Ward played his only First XVIII match for St Kilda against Carlton, at Princes park, on 29 July 1911. They were required because many of the regular St Kilda First XVIII players were on strike. The other new players were: Alby Bowtell, Roy Cazaly,

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, Otto Opelt,

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, and

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— and, including that match, and ignoring

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(16 games),

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(41 games), and

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(65 games), the very inexperienced team's remaining fifteen players had only played a total of 46 matches.

Death

He died at

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on 21 February 1978.

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* * 1891 births 1978 deaths Australian rules footballers from Melbourne St Kilda Football Club players People from Kew, Victoria {{AFL-bio-1891-stub