Edgar Clarence Shaw (10 July 1903 – 25 May 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
| Eddie Shaw | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Edgar Clarence Shaw | ||
| Date of birth | 10 July 1903 | ||
| Place of birth | Elsternwick, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 25 May 1981 (aged 77) | ||
| Place of death | Burwood East, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Elsternwick Amateurs | ||
| Position(s) | Wing | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1927 | Melbourne | 1 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1927. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family edit
The son of James Shaw (1869-1952),[2] and Harriet Mary Ann Shaw (1875-1965), née Hanson, Edgar Clarence Shaw was born at Elsternwick, Victoria on 10 July 1903.[3]
He married Elsa Elizabeth "Beth" Theobald at Surrey Hills, Victoria on 17 March 1934.[4][5]
Education edit
He was educated at the Elsternwick State School.[6]
Football edit
Shaw commenced his football career playing for the Elsternwick Football Club in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association,[6] where he played from 1921 until 1926.[7]
In 1927 he was granted a permit to play with Melbourne,[8] but he only played a single senior game, in which he was not a great success.[9] He returned to Elsternwick by July.[10]
Death edit
He died at the Rosden Private Nursing Home in Burwood East, Victoria on 25 May 1981.[11]
Notes edit
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 807.
- ^ Deaths: Shaw, The Age, (Tuesday, 5 August 1952), p. 7.
- ^ Birth Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration No.17686/1903.
- ^ Weddings: Shaw—Theobald, Table Talk, (Thursday, 12 April 1934), p. 52.
- ^ Marriages: Shaw—Theobald, The Age, (Saturday, 14 April 1934), p. 7.
- ^ a b "Shaw in Form: Popular Elsternwick Wingman". Sporting Globe. No. 415. Victoria, Australia. 17 July 1926. p. 6.
- ^ Metropolitan Amateurs: Elsternwick Premiers, The Argus, (Monday, 24 August 1925), p. 12.
- ^ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. No. 25, 185. Victoria, Australia. 30 April 1927. p. 27.
- ^ "THE TALK OF THE TIMES". The Herald. No. 15, 601. Victoria, Australia. 20 May 1927. p. 13.
- ^ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. No. 25, 246. Victoria, Australia. 11 July 1927. p. 7.
- ^ Deaths: Shaw, The Age, (Wednesday, 27 May, 1981), p. 20.
References edit
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
External links edit
- Eddie Shaw's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Eddie Shaw at AustralianFootball.com
- Eddie Shaw at Demonwiki
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