Ted Hoppen

Ted Hoppen
Personal information
Full name	Edgar Harold Hoppen
Date of birth	(1918-03-17)17 March 1918
Place of birth	Geelong, Victoria
Date of death	5 July 1990(1990-07-05) (aged 72)
Original team(s)	Queenscliff
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Position(s)	Back Pocket / half back
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1939–41	St Kilda	41 (6)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1941.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edgar Harold Hoppen (17 March 1918 – 5 July 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Alexander Hoppen (1884–1957), and Sydney Daisy Hoppen (1887–1940), née Abbott, Edgar Harold Hoppen was born at Geelong, Victoria on 17 March 1918.

He married Joan Marie Morgan (1923–1989), in Sydney, on 1 September 1948.

Football

St Kilda (VFL)

He played 41 games with St Kilda over three seasons (1939–1941).

North Shore (SFL)

He played with the North Shore Football Club in the Sydney Football League for three seasons: 1946–1948.

NSW Representative

In his three seasons with North Shore he also played in 14 representative matches for New South Wales.^[2][3]

Notes

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.408.
2. Edgar Harold Hoppen, at NSW Australian Football History Society.
3. New Rules Captain, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Tuesday, 22 June 1948), p.6.

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.
• World War Two Nominal Roll: Warrant Officer Class 2 Edgar Harold Hoppen (3552/VX85081), Department of Veterans' Affairs.

External links

• Ted Hoppen's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Ted Hoppen at AustralianFootball.com