Bill Duckworth

Player, Coach | WAIT, North Beach | 1970s, 2000s

Bill Duckworth first began his involvement with the amateurs in 1977 as a Colt for WAIT (now Curtin Uni Wesley) before moving to West Perth where he played for two seasons.

From here, Bill was recruited by Essendon Football Club where he played 126 games and kicked 64 goals. He was a premiership player in 1984 and 1985 including a Norm Smith Medallist in the 1984 Grand Final.

In 1991, Bill returned to West Perth for another two seasons before joining North Beach in 1993 where he played 33 games and kicked 16 goals. He won a premiership with the club in 1993.

He then coached at North Beach from 1996 to 2012.

In this time, he coached the club’s A-Grade team to ten premierships including seven consecutively from 2004 to 2010. He then coached the club’s D1 team from 2014-2015, making the Grand Final on both occasions. All teams coached by Bill have participated in finals.

The League inducted Bill Duckworth into the Hall of Champions as a Champion in 2016.