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Key Facts

Full name
Edward Ellis

Known as
Ted Ellis

Born
23 February 1913

Died
5 August 2007 (aged 94)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 20y 142d
Last game: 31y 94d

Height and weight
Height: 188 cm
Weight: 92 kg

Senior clubs
North Melbourne; Footscray

Jumper numbers
North Melbourne: 31, 15
Footscray: 15

Recruited from
North Melbourne (1940)

Family links
Lindsay Ellis (Son)Kingsley Ellis (Son)

Ted Ellis

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
North MelbourneV/AFL1933-193985410.4819%12.00—4.0011
FootscrayV/AFL1940-19446520.0355%———4
V/AFL1933-1944150430.2935%12.00—4.0015
Total1933-1944150430.2935%12.00—4.0015

Pre 1965 stats are for selected matches only

AFL: 4,082nd player to appear, 1,341st most games played, 2,315th most goals kickedNorth Melbourne: 175th player to appear, 156th most games played, 153rd most goals kickedFootscray: 261st player to appear, 209th most games played, 647th most goals kicked

A strong, solidly built utility who could play in a variety of positions, Ted Ellis enjoyed a fine, 12-season VFL career with two clubs. He began with North Melbourne in 1933, where he was used, to consistently telling effect, as a spare parts man, filling in wherever the team had a noticeable weakness. In 1937 he was chosen to represent the VFL at the Perth carnival. 

At the end of the 1939 season, after 85 games and 41 goals for the Shinboners, Ellise crossed to Footscray, where he continued to produce effective football, mainly as a defender, in a final 65 VFL games over the next five years. While with Footscray, he had the satisfaction of playing in his only league final, the first semi final of 1943, but his fine personal performance in a back pocket was insufficient to stop South Melbourne running away with a comfortable 27-point victory.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Footy Publications

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Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.