Ernest James McDougall (28 September 1885 – 15 March 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
| Ernie McDougall | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Ernest James McDougall | ||
| Date of birth | 28 September 1885 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 15 March 1963 (aged 77) | ||
| Place of death | Corwen, Wales[1] | ||
| Original team(s) | South Melbourne College | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1902–03 | South Melbourne | 4 (3) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1903. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
A small player, he made his debut late in the 1902 season at the age of 16 and acquitted himself well.[3] He only played four games, all of them before his eighteenth birthday.
After his brief football career McDougall became a dentist, working in Melbourne for three years before moving to London. While in London, he enlisted to serve in the Australian Army Medical Corps in World War I in 1916[4] and he remained there after being discharged in 1919, working in a private dental practice.[5]
Notes
edit- ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 574. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "FOOTBALL". Record. Vol. VII, no. 31. Victoria, Australia. 23 August 1902. p. 3.
- ^ "Discovering Anzacs: Ernest James McDougall". National Archives of Australia.
- ^ Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
External links
edit- Ernie McDougall's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Ernie McDougall at AustralianFootball.com
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