Percival George "Percy" Trotter (1 September 1883 – 27 August 1959)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), Essendon Association in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).[3][4]
| Percy Trotter | |||
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 Cigarette card of Trotter in 1905 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Percival George Trotter | ||
| Date of birth | 1 September 1883 | ||
| Place of birth | Fitzroy, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 27 August 1959 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Willagee, Western Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | St Luke's Fitzroy | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1901–1906 | Fitzroy | 109 (145) | |
| 1907–1909 | Essendon Association | ||
| 1910–1919 | East Fremantle | 59 (72)[1] | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family edit
The son of George Thomas Trotter (1858-1910),[5] and Mary Trotter (1857-1951), née Brookman, Percival George Trotter was born at Fitzroy, Victoria on 1 September 1883.
He married Annie Ethel Martin (1887-1928) on 5 October 1904.[6]
His great nephew Barrie Trotter played two games for Richmond in 1979.
Football career edit
Fitzroy (VFL) edit
Trotter played as a rover and was versatile in that he could kick well with both feet. He debuted in 1901 at the age of 18. In 2002 Trotter was named on the interchange bench in Fitzroy's official 'Team of the Century'.
East Fremantle (WAFL) edit
Trotter's time with East Fremantle was interrupted by his service in World War I.[7]
Training Units team (AIF) edit
He played in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916. A news film was taken at the match.[9][10]
See also edit
Footnotes edit
- ^ "Premiership Players 1904 - 1930". West Australian Football Commission. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Trotter / Bewsher Family (Ireland, England & Australia)". RootsWeb.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ Donald, Chris (2002). Fitzroy: For The Love Of The Jumper. Pan Macmillan Australia. ISBN 978-1-877029-18-9.
- ^ "Australian Football - Percy Trotter - Player Bio". Australian Football.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ Deaths: Trotter, The Argus, (15 September 1910), p.1.
- ^ Deaths: Trotter, The West Australian, (Saturday, 25 August 1928), p.1.
- ^ "Discovering Anzacs - Percy George Trotter".
- ^ Detail of Organised by Australian Olympic swimmer Lieutenant Frank Beaurepaire, etc., in the collection of the Australian War Memorial (Accession number: H16688).
- ^ The original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916) on YouTube
- ^ The 2019 remastered and colourised version of the original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916), remastered and colourised version (2019) on YouTube
References edit
- Pioneer Exhibition Game Australian Football: in aid of British and French Red Cross Societies: 3rd Australian Division v. Australian Training Units at Queen's Club, West Kensington, on Saturday, October 28th, 1916, at 3pm, Wightman & Co., (London), 1919.
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- Photograph at Butler, Steve (2017), "Haydn Bunton Jr accepts elevation of his father to WA Football Hall of Fame in emotional final event at Subiaco Oval", The West Australian, Monday, 27 November 2017.
- An Incident in the Game: Running with the Ball, The Winner, (Wednesday, 10 January 1917), p.4.
- First World War Embarkation Roll: Private Percy George Trotter (5791), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- First World War Nominal Roll: Private Percy George Trotter (5791), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- First World War Service Record: Private Perry (sic) George Trotter (5791), National Archives of Australia.
- Richardson, N. (2016), The Game of Their Lives, Pan Macmillan Australia: Sydney. ISBN 978-1-7435-3666-7
External links edit
- Percy Trotter's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Percy Trotter at AustralianFootball.com
- Percy Trotter, at The VFA Project.
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