Cliff Hillier (born 27 July 1932) is 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 160 games with South Fremantle in the

West Australian National Football League The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September, ...

(WANFL). Hillier was used mostly in the key positions, including centre half forward and centre half back but could also play as a centreman. He was a member of South Fremantle's run of three successive premierships from 1952 to 1954. At the

1956 Perth Carnival The 1956 Perth Carnival was the 13th edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football interstate competition. It took place from 11 to 23 June at Subiaco Oval, Perth. Five teams automatically qualified for the ca ...

, Hillier performed well for Western Australia and was awarded with selection in the All-Australian team. He won a

best and fairest In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ...

at South Fremantle in 1959, his second last season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hillier, Cliff 1932 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Western Australia South Fremantle Football Club players All-Australians (1953–1988)