Edmund Thomas "Ted" Buckley (23 June 1912 – 4 February 1984)[1] was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Ted Buckley
Personal information
Full name Edmund Thomas Buckley
Date of birth (1912-06-23)23 June 1912
Place of birth Lauriston, Victoria
Date of death 4 February 1984(1984-02-04) (aged 71)
Place of death Prahran, Victoria
Original team(s) Kyneton
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Position(s) wing
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1937–39 Melbourne 38 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

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The son of Patrick Joseph Buckley (1857-1917),[3] Catherine Amelia Buckley (1874-1944), née Welch,[4] Edmund Thomas Buckley was born at Lauriston, Victoria on 23 June 1912.

He married Mabel Elizabeth Spears on 6 July 1940.

Football

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Kyneton (BFL)

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He played for five seasons with the Kyneton Football Club in the Bendigo Football League.[5][6][7][8]

Melbourne (VFL)

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He made his debut for Melbourne against Collingwood, at the MCG, on 22 May 1937.

1937 Best First-Year Players

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In September 1937, The Argus selected Buckley in its team of 1937's first-year players.[9]

Best First-Year Players (1937)
Backs Bernie Treweek
(Fitzroy)
Reg Henderson
(Richmond)
Lawrence Morgan
(Fitzroy)
H/Backs Gordon Waters
(Hawthorn)
Bill Cahill
(Essendon)
Eddie Morcom
(North Melbourne)
Centre Line Ted Buckley
(Melbourne)
George Bates
(Richmond)
Jack Kelly
(St Kilda)
H/Forwards Col Williamson
(St Kilda)
Ray Watts
(Essendon)
Don Dilks
(Footscray)
Forwards Lou Sleeth
(Richmond)
Sel Murray
(North Melbourne)
Charlie Pierce
(Hawthorn)
Rucks/Rover Reg Garvin
(St Kilda)
Sandy Patterson
(South Melbourne)
Des Fothergill
(Collingwood)
Second Ruck Lawrence Morgan Col Williamson Lou Sleeth

Brighton (VFA)

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On 30 April 1941, he was cleared from Melbourne to the Brighton Football Club.[10]

Death

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He died at the Alfred Hospital, in Prahran, Victoria, on 4 February 1984.[11]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Ted Buckley - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. ^ Death Notices: Buckley, The Kyneton Guardian, (Saturday, 26 May 1917), p.2.
  4. ^ Deaths: Buckley, The Argus, (Thursday, 20 July 1944), p.2.
  5. ^ (Kyneton Football Team Photograph), The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 25 June 1932), p.37.
  6. ^ (Kyneton Football Team Photograph), The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 6 May 1933), p.31.
  7. ^ (Kyneton Football Team Photograph), The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 7 July 1934), p.37.
  8. ^ (Kyneton Football Team Photograph), The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 8 June 1935), p.37.
  9. ^ Football Season's Many Good Recruits, The Argus, (Tuesday, 7 September 1937), p.14.
  10. ^ Essendon or Preston, The Age, (Thursday, 1 May 1941), p.4.
  11. ^ Deaths: Buckley, The Age, (Monday, 6 February 1984), p.14.
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