Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
| Percy Cheffers |
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| Full name |
Percy Theodore Cheffers[1] |
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| Date of birth |
(1913-06-01)1 June 1913 |
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| Date of death |
18 October 1965(1965-10-18) (aged 52) |
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| Place of death |
Fitzroy, Victoria |
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| Original team(s) |
Melbourne's reserves |
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| Height |
178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
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| Weight |
73 kg (161 lb) |
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| Years |
Club |
Games (Goals) |
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| 1936–38 |
St Kilda |
8 (0) |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938. |
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Percy Cheffers (1 June 1913 – 18 October 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2] Before joining St Kilda, Cheffers played with Melbourne's reserves side, winning a VFL seconds premiership in 1935.[3][4]
During World War II, Cheffers started as a private in the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) in 1940 for the Australian Sixth Division, in the 2/2nd Field Workshops, RAEME. He rose to the rank of warrant officer class I in charge of around 18 people who repaired radios for the Australian Ninth Division. He saw action in Libya, Palestine, New Guinea and Borneo.[5][6][7]
Percy married Mary Ellen Braines in the 1930s and had four children with her. He married his second wife, Audrey, in the 1950s. He died
in a house fire in Fitzroy in 1965.
Percy received a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Swinburne Technical College in 1955[8]
His son, John Cheffers, became a noted sports academic.
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