Bill Tyquin

Bill Tyquin

Captain of Qld 1949
Personal information
Full name	Ignatius William Tyquin
Born	15 January 1919 Brisbane, Queensland
Died	17 August 1999(1999-08-17) (aged 80) Brisbane, Queensland
Playing information
Position	Lock
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1938–39 Souths Brisbane 1940 Brothers (Brisbane) 1941 St. George Dragons 15 8 0 0 24 1945–50 Souths (Brisbane) Total 15 8 0 0 24 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1941 New South Wales 1 0 1945–49 Queensland 12 0 0 0 0 1948–56 Australia 12 3 0 0 9

Bill Tyquin (1919–1999) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. An Australia national representative lock forward, he played in 6 Test matches between 1948 and 1949, captaining on 3 occasions. Tyquin played his club football in both Brisbane and Sydney, gaining selection for the Queensland and New South Wales teams. He was a member of the St George's 1941 NSWRFL Premiership-winning team, and ultimately was named in the Souths Logan Magpies team of the century.

Tyquin was born in Brisbane on 15 January 1919. He went to school there and played for the city's the Souths and the Brothers clubs before World War II. Stationed in Sydney with the AIF during the war he played the 1941 season with the St George Dragons and played in St George's inaugural Grand Final win in 1941. In that game he was sent off by the referee after a clash with Easts rival Jack Arnold. After the war he returned to Souths Brisbane playing five seasons from 1945–50 and from where he enjoyed representative success.

Whiticker's reference acclaims Bill as the premier lock forward of the Australian game in the five-year period immediately after WWII. He asserts that Tyquin was a great cover defender who had one of the biggest punt kicks in the game at that time.

He first represented for Queensland in 1945 and then regularly over the next 5 years making 8 appearances against New South Wales as well as captaining Queensland in 1948 against a touring New Zealand side.