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).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.834.
Family The son of Henry Bow Sneazwell (1882-1941),Deaths: Sneazwell, The Age, (Friday, 14 November 1941), p.1. 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.Funeral Notices: Sneazwell, The Age, (Saturday, 8 October 1932), p.5.
He married Veronica Hanlon (1915-2001) on 22 March 1941;Today's Weddings: Sneazwell—Hanlon, The Herald, (Saturday, 22 March 1941), p.12. their son, Anthony Howard "Tony" Sneazwell (1942-),Births: Sneazwell, The Age, (Thursday, 8 October 1942), p.5. 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.Deaths: Sneazwell, The Age, (Friday, 15 December 1967), p.23.
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References
Sharland, W.S., "Sneazwell, of Tornbury pleases Collingwood folk", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 3 September 1927), p.6 Second World War Nominal Roll: Signalman William Henry Sneazwell, Department of Veterans' Affairs
External links
Bill Sneazwell's profile at Collingwood Forever