Billy Purtell (1886–1962), third baseman who played five seasons in Major League Baseball
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Purtell Park, rugby league ground in Bardon, a suburb in Brisbane's west
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Marty Purtell (born 1891), long-time minor league baseball player and manager
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William A. Purtell (1897–1978), American politician from Connecticut
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He defeated such men as "Mysterious" Billy Smith, Eddie Connolly, Bobby Dobbs, William "Matty" Matthews, Frank Erne, Owen Zeigler, "Scaldy" Bill Quinn, Harry Pigeon, Frank "Dutch" Neal, Paddy Purtell and Shorty Ahearn.
In 1974, the club moved wholly to its training premises on Mount Coot-tha, naming their new home Purtell Park after club stalwart Tom Purtell.