Bill Thripp is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played for Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL).

Thripp, the father of Sydney utility Terry

Terry Thripp

Terry Thripp is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Sydney in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....

, was recruited from Richmond Scouts. He played as a centre half back in the Collingwood team which lost the 1960 VFL Grand Final

1960 VFL Grand Final

The 1960 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September of 1960 in extremely wet conditions due to persistent rain during the previous week...

.

He later coached the Warners Bay Bulldogs in the Newcastle Australian Football League

Newcastle Australian Football League

The Newcastle Australian Football League was an Australian rules football competition in the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.The first clubs began in 1883, however the competition proper began in 1888 with teams contesting for the Black Diamond Cup, now Australia's oldest sporting...

and steered them to a maiden premiership in 1984, going through the entire season undefeated.