Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- William Francis Bischoff
- Nickname(s)
- Billy
- Born
- Saturday, 12th March, 1938
- Died
- Tuesday, 6th June, 2023 (Aged 85 years and 86 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1961
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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| Tour Matches | Northern Division | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Country Firsts | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Series | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 151 | 34 | - | - | 102 | 79 | 69 | 3 | 52.32% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 17 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 47.06% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 180 | 44 | - | - | 132 | 95 | 89 | 4 | 52.78% | List | |||||
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 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1960-1968 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.36% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - 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 | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - 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:
Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Tim Costello
Your Say
25 May 2024 5:30pm
As a youngster growing up in Sydney I remember seeing Bill play against my team of choice ,the mighty magpies. In the mid 70s I moved to Tamworth. He had retired by then ,pretty sure his son Grant (I think) was playing for West Tamworth. My memories of the Bischoff family are of wonderful people, friendly to all and happy to be around rugby league and rugby league people.
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