Billy Wilson

Club Appearances: 171

Club Debut Year: 1948

Club Final Year: 1962

Position: Utility Forward

Club Points: 53

Club Tries: 17

Representative Honours:

  • NSW v Qld: 3
  • NSW v Int: 3
  • Australia: 10
Appearances breakdown:

  • St George: 171
Points breakdown:

  • St George: 53

Ken Kearney called him ‘the toughest footballer I have ever known’. Played mostly lock in in his early years, and played in the bush in 1950 or 1951, and in 1957, after winning a premiership with St George in 1956, when he famously switched to the centres after Merv Lees was injured, and held his own. Returned to Kogarah in 1958, and became one of the leading props in the competition. Won the club award for best player in that season’s grand final, and played in all three Tests in England and two in France on the ’59–60 Kangaroo tour. Played in six of the 11 straight premierships (1956, ’58–62), captaining the side in 1961 and being sent off straight after half time a year later

Played a total of 171 games for St George