Percy Trotter

Percival George "Percy" Trotter (1 September 1883 – 27 August 1959) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), Essendon Association in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

Percy Trotter
Cigarette card of Trotter in 1905
Personal information
Full name	Percival George Trotter
Date of birth	1 September 1883
Place of birth	Fitzroy, Victoria
Date of death	27 August 1959(1959-08-27) (aged 75)
Place of death	Willagee, Western Australia
Original team(s)	St Luke's Fitzroy
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1901–1906	Fitzroy	109 (145)
1907–1909	Essendon Association
1910–1919	East Fremantle	059 0(72)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919.
Career highlights
AIF Pioneer Exhibition Game, London, 28 October 1916 2× VFL premiership player: 1904, 1905 Fitzroy Club Champion: 1903 4× Fitzroy leading goalkicker: 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906 VFL interstate representative (2 games, 6 goals) Fitzroy team of the century
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of George Thomas Trotter (1858-1910), and Mary Trotter (1857-1951), née Brookman, Percival George Trotter was born at Fitzroy, Victoria on 1 September 1883.

He married Annie Ethel Martin (1887-1928) on 5 October 1904.

His great nephew Barrie Trotter played two games for Richmond in 1979.

Football career

Fitzroy (VFL)

Trotter played as a rover and was versatile in that he could kick well with both feet. He debuted in 1901 at the age of 18. In 2002 Trotter was named on the interchange bench in Fitzroy's official 'Team of the Century'.

East Fremantle (WAFL)

Trotter's time with East Fremantle was interrupted by his service in World War I.

The Australian Training Units Team: 28 October 1916. Percy Trotter is at the left of the five in the middle row.

Training Units team (AIF)

He played in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916. A news film was taken at the match.

See also

• 1916 Pioneer Exhibition Game

References

• Pioneer Exhibition Game Australian Football: in aid of British and French Red Cross Societies: 3rd Australian Division v. Australian Training Units at Queen's Club, West Kensington, on Saturday, October 28th, 1916, at 3pm, Wightman & Co., (London), 1919.
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
• Photograph at Butler, Steve (2017), "Haydn Bunton Jr accepts elevation of his father to WA Football Hall of Fame in emotional final event at Subiaco Oval", The West Australian, Monday, 27 November 2017.
• An Incident in the Game: Running with the Ball, The Winner, (Wednesday, 10 January 1917), p.4.
• First World War Embarkation Roll: Private Percy George Trotter (5791), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• First World War Nominal Roll: Private Percy George Trotter (5791), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• First World War Service Record: Private Perry (sic) George Trotter (5791), National Archives of Australia.
• Richardson, N. (2016), The Game of Their Lives, Pan Macmillan Australia: Sydney. ISBN 978-1-7435-3666-7

External links

• Percy Trotter's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Percy Trotter at AustralianFootball.com
• Percy Trotter, at The VFA Project.