John “Bill” “Wacker” William Lucas

HERITAGE No: 191

BIRTH: 23 March 1891

Granville, NSW

DEATH: 7 May 1961 Masonic Hospital Ashfield, late of Five Dock, NSW

DEATH: 7 May 1961

Masonic Hospital Ashfield, late of Five Dock, NSW

OCCUPATION: Tiler, 1930

RESIDENCE: Flood St Leichhardt, NSW, 1919; Norman St Five Dock, NSW, 1930

GAME HISTORY

Leichhardt Royal RL 1910, 1911
Balmain-Leichhardt RL Presidents Cup 1910
Balmain RL 1912
Annandale RL 1913, 1917, 1918, 1920
Annandale City Cup 1918, 1920
Wests RL First Grade 1919
Balmain RL 1921, 1922
Balmain City Cup 1921
Glebe RL 1923, 1924, 1925
Glebe City Cup 1923, 1924
Tamworth RL 1923
Tamworth RL v Queensland RL Firsts 1923
George Robinson Balmain RL Testimonial Match – Listed Player 1927

Bill

William “Bill” “Wacker” Lucas was from a mining family. He was born at Granville, NSW in 1891, but his father William Lucas travelled extensively in pursuit of his occupation.

Bill Lucas was thirteen years old when his father died at Kanowna, Western Australia in 1904. The town of Kanowna, was east of Kalgoorlie and had a population of 12,000 people but became a ghost town by the mid 20th century. The Lucas family returned to the inner suburbs of Sydney where Bill Lucas learned to play his football.