William J. Armstrong

2018

Player 1981-1996
Coach 1990-1997
Umpire 2006-2009, 2012-2018
Club Committee Member 1990-1995
WAAFL Committee Member 2004-2020
Mount Lawley Amateur Football Club

Bill Armstrong is one of few in the history of our League to cover all facets of our game – as a player, coach, umpire, and club and state committee member.

As a 200-game player for the Mt Lawley Football Club, Bill played in six premierships, five in A-Grade. He went on to represent his state on five occasions, one as the only winning WA Captain at a AAFC Carnival in 1991. He was selected as a playing All Australian Amateur in 1988 and 1989, and is currently Secretary/Treasurer of the AAFC.

Towards the end of this playing career he turned to coaching, coaching the Mt Lawley Colts and then the WA State Amateur Colts team between 1990 and 1997. He took to field umpiring in 2006 for three seasons and continues as a boundary umpire today.

Bill joined the WAAFL Board in 2004, and still holds this position 14 years on. He is a Life Member of the Mt Lawley Football Club and from 2016, a Life member of the WA Amateur Football League.