Ted Parker
Personal information
Full name Edward Hewitt Parker
Date of birth (1903-11-07)7 November 1903
Place of birth Richmond, Victoria
Date of death 16 May 1929(1929-05-16) (aged 25)
Place of death Albury, New South Wales
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1925 Melbourne 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edward Hewitt Parker (7 November 1903 – 16 May 1929) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Parker was the son of prominent Richmond VFA footballer[2] James Hewitt Parker (1872–1911)[3] and Mary Ellen Mahon (1874–1958).

He lost both of his legs to a circular saw in a construction site accident at Mitta Junction in 1929 and died of his injuries at Albury District Hospital.[4]

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 687. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "Richmond VFA Players". Tigerland Archive.
  3. "PUMP PLUNGER EXPLOSION". The Ballarat Star. Vol. 56, no. 17255. Victoria, Australia. 20 September 1911. p. 1.
  4. "Drawn Into Circular Saw". The Argus. Melbourne. 18 May 1929. p. 26. Retrieved 27 December 2014 via National Library of Australia.


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