Ted Heffernan
| Ted Heffernan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name |
Edward Page Heffernan; (later, Richard Page Heffernan) | ||
| Born |
16 May 1869 Gisborne, Victoria | ||
| Died |
16 May 1904 (aged 35) Princes Hill, Victoria | ||
| Original team | Fitzroy Juniors | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1894, 1896 | Carlton (VFA) | 23 (4) | |
| 1897 | Carlton (VFL) | 2 (0) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1897. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Edward Page Heffernan (16 May 1869 – 16 May 1904) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
[edit]The son of Thomas Heffernan (1832–1892),[2] a policeman, and Mary Heffernan (1834–1875), née Minogue,[3] Edward Page Heffernan was born at Gisborne, Victoria on 16 May 1869.[4]
He married Margaret Celia Berwick (1873–1948), later Mrs. William Francis Fuseo, in 1897.[5][6][7] They had two daughters.
Football
[edit]Carlton (VFA)
[edit]Recruited from Fitzroy Juniors in 1894, he played at least 23 senior games for Carlton in the VFA over three seasons (1894 to 1896).[8][9]
Carlton (VFL)
[edit]He played 2 senior games for Carlton in the VFL, including the team's first-ever match in the VFL's inaugural season, against Fitzroy, at the Brunswick Street Oval, on 8 May 1897.[10]
Death
[edit]He died at Princes Hill on his 35th birthday, 16 May 1904.[11]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Holmesby & Main (2009), p.364.
- ↑ Deaths: Heffernan, The Age, (Monday, 16 May 1892), p.1.
- ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria: Deaths Registration no.11123/1875.
- ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria: Births Registration ("Edward Page Heffernan") no.8881/1869.
- ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria: Marriages Registration ("Richard Page Heffernan") no.3140/1897.
- ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria: Marriages Registration ("Margaret Heffernan") no.9652/1907; [William Francis Fuseo (1877-1961)].
- ↑ Deaths: Fuseo, The Age, (Friday, 4 June 1948), p.. 2.
- ↑ Blueseum.
- ↑ Pennings (2016), pp. 390, 521.
- ↑ AFL Tables: Carlton: Player Details: Round 1, 1897.
- ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria: Deaths Registration ("Richard Page Heffernan") no.6277/1904.
References
[edit]- 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.
- Pennings, Mark (2016), Origins of Australian Football: Victoria's early History: Volume 4: Tough Times: Victorian Football loses its Way, 1891 to 1896, Brunswick, Victoria: Grumpy Monks Publishing. ISBN 978-0-646-93604-8
External links
[edit]- Ted Heffernan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Ted Heffernan's profile at Blueseum
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