About Bill Sneazwell
Lived 1906 – 1967 (aged 61). Bill Sneazwell was an australian rules football player.
William Henry John Sneazwell (3 April 1906 – 14 December 1967) was a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family The son of Henry Bow Sneazwell (1882-1941), and Mary Frances Sneazwell (1876-1970), née O'Connor, William Henry John Sneazwell was born at South Melbourne, Victoria on 3 April 1906.
He married Eileen Mary Keenan (1908-1932) in 1928.
He married Veronica Hanlon (1915-2001) on 22 March 1941; their son, Anthony Howard "Tony" Sneazwell (1942-), a former champion Australian high jumper, competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.
Death He died, of lymphoma, at St Vincent's Hospital, in Fitzroy on 14 December 1967.
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Australian rules footballer
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Bill Sneazwell was born on 3 April 1906 in South Melbourne.
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Bill Sneazwell died on 14 December 1967 in Fitzroy.
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Bill Sneazwell was an australian rules football player.
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