fullname heightweight death_date years clubs birth_place repstatsend position sooyears statsend originalteam birth_date nickname sooteams article_title name
william e. libbis 175 cm / 80 kg 15 august 1986 1925 '' ' -- 1933 1933 -- 1935 '' ` total collingwood melbourne coburg , victoria 1933 rover 1926 -- 1933 1935 fairfield 2 july 1903 pickles victoria billy libbis
 billy libbis
billy libbis

william e. `` billy '' libbis -lrb- 2 july 1903 -- 15 august 1986 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played with collingwood and melbourne in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
libbis was a rover and made his debut in 1925 .
he became a member of the successful collingwood side which won four consecutive premierships from 1927 to 1930 , libbis the first rover for each grand final .
gordon coventry called him `` the best rover he ever saw '' .
at the beginning of the 1933 season libbis protested against the player 's weekly match payments being reduced and he was cleared to leave the club for melbourne .
