fullname years death_date clubs position statsend originalteam birth_date article_title name
william charles jackson 1898 ' -- 1900 1903 '' ` total -- '' 11 september 1921 essendon st kilda follower , forward 1903 ballarat imperials 13 april 1874 bill jackson -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 bill jackson
bill jackson -lrb- footballer -rrb-

bill ` newhaven ' jackson -lrb- 13 april 1874 -- 11 september 1921 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played for essendon and st kilda in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
jackson , who was nicknamed after a melbourne cup winning horse , came to essendon from ballarat imperials .
he played as a follower in the 1898 vfl grand final loss to fitzroy but was also used as a forward during his career .
jackson injured his knee early in essendon 's 1900 semi final encounter with melbourne and retired .
he however returned in the 1903 season as captain of st kilda .
also a successful cyclist , jackson won melbourne to warrnambool classic in 1897 and two australian cycling championships .
