William Martin Egan (7 November 1886 – 28 February 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.255.
Family The son of Keiran Egan (-1948), and Margaret Egan, née Carrol, William Martin Egan was born at North Melbourne, Victoria on 7 November 1886.
He married Amy Elizabeth May Forbes (1891-) in 1920.
Football West Sydney Football Club (NSWFL) He played for at least two seasons (1904 and 1905) with the West Sydney Football Club in the New South Wales Football League.Australian Football, The (Sydney) Sunday Sun, (Sunday, 24 April 1904), p.6.Australian Football, The (Sydney) Sunday Sun, (Sunday, 1 May 1904), p.7. He played for the Combined Sydney team that defeated the Combined Northern Districts team on 23 July 1904.Football: Australian, Combined Sydney Defeat Combined Northern District, The (Sydney) Sunday Times, (Sunday, 24 June 1904), p.8.
Prahran Football Club (VFA) Cleared from West Sydney to the Prahran Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in May 1907.Victorian Association, THe Age, (Friday, 10 May 19070, p.8.The Association: Prahran v. Preston, The Prahran Telegraph, (Saturday May 1907), p.3: note that the newspaper report refers to him as "Egan, from Sydney (the old Prahranite)".
Footscray Football Club (VFA) Cleared from Prahran to the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in April 1908.Football: Victorian Association, The Age, (Thursday, 30 April 1908), p.9.
St Kilda Football Club (VFL) Granted a clearance from Footscray to St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1909.The Play and the Players, The Herald, (Friday, 18 June 1909), p.2.
Melbourne City Football Club (VFA) In June 1912 he was granted a clearance from St Kilda to the Melbourne City Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).Football, The Age, (Friday, 28 Jun 1912), p.14.
Death He died at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne on 28 February 1941.Deaths: Egan, The Age, (Monday, 3 March 1941), p.1.
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