fullname years death_date death_place clubs birth_place statsend originalteam birth_date article_title name
william george kinnear 1936 7 december 1982 west brunswick , victoria essendon west brunswick , victoria 1936 brunswick -lrb- vfa -rrb- 19 august 1914 bill kinnear
 bill kinnear
bill kinnear

william george kinnear -lrb- 19 august 1914 -- 7 december 1982 -rrb- was an australian sportsman who represented victoria at first-class cricket and played australian rules football with essendon in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
born in west brunswick , kinnear came from a strong sporting family with his brother joe kinnear playing vfl football at melbourne and also cricket for victoria .
his nephew colin later coached the sydney swans .
kinnear made his only first-class cricket appearance with victoria during the 1935/36 cricket season , against tasmania at the melbourne cricket ground .
opening the batting for victoria , who amassed 531 runs , kinnear managed to contribute only two of them before being dismissed by future south melbourne footballer alan pearsall .
his football career at the top level was also brief , with three senior games for essendon in the 1936 vfl season , against north melbourne , carlton and collingwood mid year .
