Percival Gordon Ogden (24 February 1886 – 13 July 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
| Percy Ogden | |||
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 Ogden in 1905 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Percival Gordon Ogden | ||
| Nickname(s) | Butcher | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1886 | ||
| Place of birth | Canterbury, New South Wales | ||
| Date of death | 13 July 1967 (aged 81) | ||
| Place of death | Ivanhoe, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Preston | ||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1905 | Collingwood | 4 (0) | |
| 1910–15, 1918–21, 1920–21 | Essendon | 161 (91) | |
| Total | 165 (91) | ||
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1920–21 | Essendon | 20 (3–15–2) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1921. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family edit
The son of William Ogden (1852-1903),[1] and Ellen Ogden (1864-1914), née Wilcox, later Mrs. James Taylor,[2][3] Percival Gordon Ogden was born at Canterbury, New South Wales on 24 February 1886.[4]
He married Mary Kathleen Gaynor (1886–1963), at Northcote, on 16 May 1906.[5][6] They had four children; two boys and two girls. Both sons played in the VFL: Gordon Francis Ogden (1909-2001), with Melbourne, and Terence William John "Terry" Ogden (1911-1935), with Melbourne and Carlton.
Football edit
The Herald, 21 September 1934.[7]
Collingwood (VFL) edit
A rover, Ogden started his career with Collingwood in 1905.
Preston (VFA) edit
He played just four games with the club before moving to Association team Preston.
Essendon (VFL) edit
He returned to the VFL in 1910 with Essendon. Ogden was a member of Essendon's back-to-back premiership wins in 1911 and 1912.
Representative football edit
In 1907, while playing with Preston, he represented the VFA in the match against South Australia, at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, on 8 June 1907.[8][9]
While playing at Essendon he represented the VFL in 1912, and 1913, at the 1914 ANFC Carnival in Sydney, in 1919, and 1920, and at the 1921 ANFC Carnival in Perth, and was the captain of Victoria in a game against South Australia in 1920.[10]
Preston edit
After Essendon disbanded during the Great War, Ogden was captain-coach of Preston (then in junior ranks) in 1916–17.
Essendon (VFL) edit
He returned to Essendon when it re-entered the VFL competition in 1918. He was the team's captain in 1919, and its captain-coach in 1920 and 1921.
Northcote (VFA) edit
Ogden retired from the VFL, and was cleared to the Northcote (he lived in Northcote) from Essendon on 10 May 1922, and was the team's captain-coach in 1922.[11]
Preston edit
Believing his form was still good enough for League football, he returned to Essendon in 1923, but as a "new" player under zoning rules introduced post-war, he was residentially tied to Fitzroy and his permit was refused. Fitzroy expressed no interest in Ogden and rather than stand down for more than half a season to qualify for Essendon, he returned again to Preston. Ogden retired at the end of the 1925 season just before Preston were re-admitted to Association ranks.
Death edit
He died at a private hospital in Ivanhoe, Victoria on 13 July 1967.[12][13][14]
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ Deaths: Ogden, The Age, (Friday, 11 December 1903), p, 1.
- ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.2946/1904.
- ^ Funeral Notices: Taylor, The Ballarat Courier, (Friday, 5 June 1914), p. 8.
- ^ Collingwood Forever.
- ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.3156/1906.
- ^ Deaths: Odgen, The Age, (Thursday, 27 June 1968), p. 16.
- ^ 'Enthusiast', "Best Ever in Victoria (Letter to the Editor)", The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 22 September 1934), p. 30.
- ^ The VFA Project.
- ^ Victorian Football Association, The Age, (Monday, 3 June 1907), p. 9.
- ^ Maplestone (1996), pp. 94, 379.
- ^ Football, The Argus, (Thursday, 11 May 1922), p. 5.
- ^ Deaths: Odgen, The Age, (Friday, 14 July 1967), p. 16.
- ^ Former VFL Rover Dies, The Age, (Friday, 14 July 1967), p. 20.
- ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Deaths Registration no.15234/1967.
References edit
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
- Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
External links edit
- Percy Ogden's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Percy Ogden at AustralianFootball.com
- Percy Ogden, at The VFA Project.
- Percy Ogden, at Collingwood Forever.
- Profile at Essendonfc.com