Researching Bill Nicholls
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 15641 people with the Nicholls surname? In that year Nicholls was ranked number 248 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Bill means "Form of WILLIAM - resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of Bill Nicholls on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bill Nicholls and the Nicholls Family History
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Nicholls Family Tree Databases
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Some Famous People called Bill Nicholls
Bill Nicholls (Australian footballer)
William Lindsay Nicholls (born 2 January 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Nicholls, who was just 15 when he began playing at North Shore in Geelong, was recruited from the Falcons late in the 1999 AFL Draft. He had a memorable debut in 2001 for Hawthorn with 17 disposals and three goals against Geelong at Docklands Stadium and finished the year with an elimination final appearance.
With a hamstring injury keeping him out of action in 2002, Nicholls nominated for the 2002 AFL Draft and was picked up by Richmond with the 47th selection. Injuries continued to restrict him and he could only manage 10 games in his two seasons. Nicholls retired from football at the end of the 2004 season.
On 18 June 2012, a twenty-six-year-old man was shot outside Nicholls's home in Corio. Nicholls was arrested and questioned by the police over the shooting but later released. In April 2013 he was arrested by the Victoria Police Special Operations Group and subsequently charged over both the June 2012 incident and another shooting in January 2013. In February 2015 he was found guilty of shooting two men. On 23 March 2015 he was sentenced to 11 years (8 years minimum before parole) in gaol.
Source: Bill Nicholls (Australian footballer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Nicholls
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