Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- William Francis Bischoff
- Nickname(s)
- Billy
- Born
- Saturday, 12th March, 1938
- Died
- Thursday, 6th July, 2023 (Aged 85 years and 116 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Father
- William Bischoff
Biography
Balmain halfback/five-eighth, the son of 'Bok' Bischoff, played for NSW in 1961. Billy Bischoff was a member of the club's grand final side that lost to St George in 1964 but left the Tigers to take on the captain-coach role at West Tamworth. He also captained combined NSW Country in 1967.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
| Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRL | 151 | 34 | - | - | 102 | 79 | 69 | 3 | 52.32% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Craven Mild Cup | 17 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 47.06% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Northern Division | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Metropolis | 1960 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1960 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1961 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Firsts | 1962 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Northern Division | 1966-67 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1967-68 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1960-1968 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1957 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1958 | 20 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 55.00% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1959 | 15 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 26.67% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1960 | 18 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 55.56% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1961 | 13 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.85% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1962 | 14 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 35.71% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1963 | 19 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 63.16% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1964 | 21 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1965 | 17 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 52.94% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Balmain | 1957-65 | 151 | 34 | - | - | 102 | 79 | 69 | 3 | 52.32% | List | |||
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann
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