Bill Duckworth is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Essendon in the VFL

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

. He is best known for winning the 1984 Norm Smith Medal

Norm Smith Medal

The Norm Smith Medal is the award given in the AFL Grand Final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match.-History:The Norm Smith Medal is named after former Melbourne player and coach, Norm Smith...

. His brother John

John Duckworth (footballer)

John Duckworth is a former Australian rules footballer who played with in the West Australian National Football League , in the Victorian Football League and Central District in the South Australian National Football League...

 also played league football.

Duckworth appeared 35 times for the West Perth Falcons before being recruited by Essendon in 1982. He played as an aggressive defender, often seen at the fullback position. His heroics in the 1984 Grand Final

1984 VFL Grand Final

The 1984 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 1984. It was the 88th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...

win over Hawthorn earned him best on ground recognition and he won another premiership with the Bombers the following season. Duckworth retired in 1990 and returned to Western Australia.

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