Edward Pruen Cordner (31 January 1919 – 4 March 1996)[1][2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.
| Ted Cordner | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Edward Pruen Cordner | ||
| Date of birth | 31 January 1919 | ||
| Place of birth | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England | ||
| Date of death | 4 March 1996 (aged 77) | ||
| Place of death | Greensborough, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | University Blacks | ||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1941–43, 1946 | Melbourne | 52 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
editThe older brother of Melbourne Team of the Century members Denis and Don Cordner, Ted would have played more than 52 games had he not pursued a medical career. His youngest brother was John.[3][4]
He married Elizabeth Anne Baillieu on 4 December 1951.[5]
Football
editCordner joined the club in 1941 and was a member of their premiership winning side. He missed the entire 1944 and 1945 seasons due to him being busy serving as a naval doctor but managed to play 19 games in 1946 as well as representing Victoria in an interstate match.
Footnotes
edit- ^ "Ted Cordner - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ Phillips, Bruce (25 February 2006). "Best & fairest". The Age. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ Taylor, Percy, "That Amazing Cordner Family: Brawn and Brains Combined Gives Them a Record Unique in Victorian History", The Argus, (Friday, 26 September 1952), p.4.
- ^ Allen, David, "Dynasty: The Cordner Family", The Yorker, (Spring 2019), pp.26-31.
- ^ Dr. Cordner Weds at St. John's, The Herald, ($ December 1951), p.13.
References
edit- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Ted Cordner.
- Ted Cordner's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Ted Cordner at AustralianFootball.com
- Ted Cordner, at Demonwiki.
