William Flintoft

Bill Flintoft
Personal information
Full name	William Morris Flintoft
Date of birth	20 March 1889
Place of birth	Prahran, Victoria
Date of death	3 May 1951(1951-05-03) (aged 62)
Place of death	Melbourne
Original team(s)	Prahran College / South Yarra
Position(s)	Centre / Half forward flank
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1909–1912	Melbourne	42 (18)
1913	St Kilda	1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William Morris Flintoft (20 March 1889 – 3 May 1951), commonly called Bill Flintoft, was an Australian rules football player with the Melbourne Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He played Victorian Premier Cricket for the Melbourne Cricket Club. Flintoft also served in the First Australian Imperial Force in World War I. In later life Flintoft was Mayor of Prahran, on the Committee of the Melbourne Cricket Club, and on the Board of the Melbourne Football Club, serving as president of the latter for three years.

Flintoft was born in South Yarra, Victoria, the son of Josiah James Walter Flintoft, a three-time mayor of Prahran, and Fanny (née Mitchell), on 20 March 1889. He was educated at Prahran College and he became a clerk.

Flintoft was recruited from the South Yarra Football Club, at the age of 19, and made his VFL debut for the Melbourne Football Club in round 3 of the 1909 season. His career with Melbourne lasted from 1909 to 1912, playing 42 games and kicking 18 goals. Described as "the Beau Brummell of League football", Flintoft played in the centre and was known for being "dapper on and off the field". Flintoft left Melbourne at the end of the 1912 season and joined St Kilda for the 1913 season. However, his time with St Kilda was unsuccessful, playing only one game in the lone season he was at the club. The 1913 season was Flintoft's last in the VFL.