Fred Edwards (footballer)

Charles Frederick Edwards (9 October 1891 – 3 October 1972), variously known as "Fred Edwards" and as "Charlie Edwards",[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Fred Edwards
Personal information
Full name Charles Frederick Edwards
Date of birth (1891-10-09)9 October 1891
Place of birth Richmond, Victoria
Date of death 3 October 1972(1972-10-03) (aged 80)
Place of death Windsor, Victoria
Original team(s) Beverley
Position(s) Rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1913 Essendon 1 (1)
1913 Melbourne 3 (2)
Total 4 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Charles James Edwards (1866-1938),[3] and Sarah Annie Edwards (1868-1907), née Smith,[4][5] Charles Frederick Edwards was born at Richmond, Victoria on 9 October 1891.[6]

He married Violet Daphne Hailes (1891-1963) on 7 November 1914.[7][8]

Football

Essendon (VFL)

Recruited by Essendon from the Beverley Football Club in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MJFA), he played one senior game for Essendon: against Richmond on 3 May 1913.[9]

The three "new" Essendon footballers who had played on 3 May 1913 — that is, Edwards, Hughie Tait, and Jim Moore — were not selected to play against Collingwood on the following Saturday (10 May 1913).

Melbourne (VFL)

Cleared from Essendon to Melbourne on 2 July 1913.[10]

Death

He died at Windsor, Victoria on 3 October 1972.[11]

Notes
  1. Demonwiki.
  2. Holmesby & Main (2009), p.253.
  3. Deaths: Edwards, The Age, (Saturday, 3 September 1938), p.11.
  4. Marriages: Rdwards—Smith, The Age, (Saturday, 3 May 1890), p.5.
  5. Deaths: Edwards, The Age, (Tuesday, 16 April 1907), p.1.
  6. Births: Edwards, The Age, (Saturday, 24 October 1891), p.5.
  7. Approaching Marriages, Table Talk, (Thursday, 15 October 1914), p.9.
  8. Mr. C.F. Edwards to Miss V.D. Hailes, Punch, (Thursday, 19 November 1914), p.37.
  9. Essendon (13.11) Beat Richmond (11.12), The Age, (Monday, 5 May 1913), p.13.
  10. Sporting Intelligence: Football: Victorian League, The Argus, (Thursday, 3 July 1913), p.5.
  11. Deaths: Edwards, The Age, (Thursday, 5 October 1972), p.23.

References
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
  • Topics of the Week: Prominent North Richmond Business Man Retires. — Mr. W.A. Lovell, of Victoria street, Succeeded by "Footbailer" Edwards, The Richmond Guardian, (Saturday, 8 February 1919), p.2.
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