Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
Ernest Edgar Stubbs (28 March 1883 – 13 September 1955) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
The son of Albert Charles Stubbs (1856-1922),[2] and Maria Stubbs (1862-1939), née Hazelgrove,[3] Ernest Edgar Stubbs was born in Ballarat East, Victoria on 28 March 1883.
He married Eva Ethel Maud McDonald on 29 June 1925.[4]
On 4 July 1906, Stubbs was granted a clearance from Ballarat Imperial Football Club to play with Geelong,[5] and he played his first match against Essendon on 7 July 1906. He played five games in all, with his last appearance in a team that was thrashed by South Melbourne, 14.17 (101) to 5.8 (38), on 4 August 1906.
In 1907 he was playing with the Golden Point Football Club in the Ballarat Football Association.[6]
Death
He died at St George, Queensland on 13 September 1955.[7]
Notes
- ^ Holmesby (2014), p.857.
- ^ Personal, The Brisbane Courier, Tuesday, 21 March 1922), p.11.
- ^ Deaths: Stubbs, The Courier-Mail, (Friday, 29 September 1939), p.22; Obituary: Mrs. M. Stubs, The Beaudesert Times, (Friday, 6 October 1939), p.4.
- ^ Marriage Registration: Eva Ethel Maud McDonald, Queensland Government.
- ^ Football: Victorian League, The Argus, (Thursday, 5 July 1906), p.3.
- ^ Football, The Ballarat Star, (Saturday, 20 April 1907), p.10.
- ^ Obituary: Mr. Edgar Ernest (sic) Stubbs, The Balonne Beacon, (Thursday, 22 September 1955), p.1.
References
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
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