William "Nipper" Truscott

William John "Nipper" Truscott Jr. (1886 to 1966) was an Australian sportsman who was best known as a rover in Australian rules football and who also represented Western Australia at first-class cricket and lawn bowls. Born on 9 October 1886 in Lithgow, New South Wales, he grew up in Sydney, where he played rugby union and earned his nickname for his quickness, before his family moved to the Western Australian Goldfields at Kalgoorlie when he was fourteen. He played for Mines Rovers in the Goldfields Football League, then moved to Perth and joined East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League in 1913, playing more than 300 games in all and continuing until the age of 41. A durable 175 centimetre rover, he captained East Fremantle from 1916 to 1922, played in three premiership sides and in seven that finished runners-up, and appeared in a record five national carnivals for Western Australia between 1908 and 1924. He later coached East Fremantle and Perth, and in 1955 he won an Australian pairs bowls title. He was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985 and the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996, and the Nipper Truscott Pavilion at East Fremantle Oval is named in his honour.