Edward "Ted" Jackson (16 March 1925 – 5 February 1996)[1] was an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Edwards was one of few league players of Indigenous Australian heritage in the 1940s.[2]
| Edward Jackson | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 16 March 1925 | ||
| Date of death | 5 February 1996 (aged 70) | ||
| Original team(s) | Echuca (Bendigo FL) | ||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1947–1952 | Melbourne | 84 (10) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1952. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
At the end of the 1947, "Clubman", the Weekly Times football correspondent rated ex-Echuca Melbourne player, Eddie Jackson, the best of all of the first-year "former country players" in that year's VFL Competition: the second-best was the ex-Wycheproof Collingwood player, Alex Denney, and the third-best was the ex-Granya Footscray player, Norm Webb.[3]
He played in the Melbourne team in the 1948 Grand Final.
Jackson won the 1954 Bendigo Football League best and fairest award, the Michelsen Medal[4][5] after he returned to play with Echuca.
References
edit- ^ "Edward Jackson - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "MELBOURNE SIGN UP ABORIGINAL ROVER". The Herald. No. 21, 794. Victoria, Australia. 27 March 1947. p. 26. Retrieved 6 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ 'Clubman', "Echuca Lad is Best of his Year in City Games", The Weekly Times, (Wednesday, 3 September 1947), p.54.
- ^ "1954 - Eddie Jackson: BFL Best & Fairest". The Riverine Herald. 1 September 1954. p. 1. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "1954 - Best & Fairest for Bendigo". The Age. 1 September 1954. p. 16. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
External links
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- Edward Jackson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Edward Jackson at AustralianFootball.com
- Eddie Jackson profile at Demonwiki
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