Bill Nicholls
Athlete
1981 –
Who is Bill Nicholls?
William Lindsay "Bill" Nicholls is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and Richmond in the Australian Football League.
Nicholls, who was just 15 when he began playing at North Shore in Geelong, was recruited from the Falcons late in the 1999 AFL Draft. He had a memorable debut in 2001 for Hawthorn with 17 disposals and three goals against Geelong at Docklands Stadium and finished the year with an elimination final appearance.
With a hamstring injury keeping him out of action in 2002, Nicholls nominated for the 2002 AFL Draft and was picked up by Richmond with the 47th selection. Injuries continued to restrict him and he could only manage 10 games in his two seasons. Nicholls retired from football at the end of the 2004 season.
On 18 June 2012, a twenty-six-year-old man was shot outside Nicholls's home in Corio. Nicholls was arrested and questioned by the police over the shooting but later released. In April 2013 he was arrested by the Victoria Police Special Operations Group and subsequently charged over both the June 2012 incident and another shooting in January 2013.
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