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Edgar Stubbs

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Edgar Stubbs
Personal information
Full name Ernest Edgar Stubbs
Date of birth (1883-03-28)28 March 1883
Place of birth Ballarat East, Victoria
Date of death 13 September 1955(1955-09-13) (aged 72)
Place of death St George, Queensland
Original team(s) Beaufort, Ballarat Imperial
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1906 Geelong 5 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1906.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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

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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]

Football

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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

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He died at St George, Queensland on 13 September 1955.[7]

Notes

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References

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  • 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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