title: Bill Newton (footballer)
text: # Bill Newton (footballer)
  
  William Thomas Newton (8 February 1875 – 6 April 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
  
  ## Football
  
  Cleared from Richmond (VFA) to St. Klda (VFA) in May 1896, he played in St Kilda's first three VFL competition matches in 1897.
  
  ## Family
  
  The son of James Newton, and Harriett Ann Newton, née Oakley, William Thomas Newton was born at Prahran on 8 February 1875. He married Ellen Williams in 1900. He died at Bairnsdale, Victoria on 6 April 1941.
  
  ## Footnotes
  
  * ↑ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.655.
  * ↑ Opening of the Season, The Sportsman, (Tuesday, 5 May 1896), p.6.
  * ↑ Deaths: Newton, The Age, (Tuesday, 8 April 1941), p.1.
  