Bill Findlay lived at 88 Princes Street during his time with Port Melbourne Football Club. Bill Findlay joined the club in 1946, after a career playing for Footscray and North Melbourne in the VFL, where he had consistently led goal-kicking record tables. Findlay’s appointment at Port Melbourne was reported by the Emerald Hill Record as “most popular among officials and members alike” due to both his “almost perfect exhibition of the [VFL] code.” He continued this impressive record at the Borough, kicking 88 goals for the club in 1946, and won the Liston Trophy that year. Findlay went on to set the VFA record in 1947 with 107 goals for the season, alongside leading Port Melbourne to the VFA Premiership as captain and coach. Findlay was named as a rover on the Port Melbourne “team of the century” in 2003.
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