Bill Cutler (footballer)


William Percival Cutler was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.

Family

The son of George Phillip Cutler, and Julia Cutler, née Baker, William Percival Cutler was born at Bowenvale, Victoria on 29 July 1900.
He married Cecelia Maria Drummy in 1923.
He died at the Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg on 13 August 1969.

Football

Melbourne

Recruited from Ballarat, he played his first match for Melbourne against South Melbourne on 3 May 1930 in round one of the 1930 VFL season.
He played in the first fifteen matches of the 1930 season. On 23 August 1930, in the round fifteen match against Carlton, he was reported for three separate offences. He was found guilty of two of the three charges, and was suspended for a total of 12 matches:
Former champion ruckman Jumbo Sharland's review of Melbourne's 1930 season had this to say of Cutler:
He played another seven senior matches for Melbourne in 1931, once he was free from his suspension.

Carlton

Although he was cleared from Melbourne to Carlton in 1932, he never played for Carlton.

Military Service

He enlisted in the Second AIF in October 1939, and was discharged from the army in January 1943.