Eddie Prescott
| Eddie Prescott | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Prescott in 1904 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Edward Charles Prescott | ||
| Date of birth | 9 December 1880 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 21 June 1919 (aged 38) | ||
| Place of death | South Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Williamstown | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1904 | Carlton | 11 (9) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Edward Charles Prescott (9 December 1880 – 21 June 1919) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
[edit]The son of Charles Edward Prescott, and Minnie Prescott, née Keily,[2][3] Edward Charles Prescott was born in Melbourne on 9 December 1880.
Football
[edit]Wiiliamstown (VFA)
[edit]He played for Williamstown Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1902 and 1903.
Carlton (VFL)
[edit]In June 1904 the VFA permit committee refused to grant Prescott a clearance to transfer from Williamstown to North Melbourne (which at the time, was also a VFA club);[4] however, several weeks later it granted Prescott a clearance to play with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
In his single season with Carlton (1904), he played in 11 games and kicked 9 goals, and his last match was in the 1904 Grand Final against Fitzroy on 17 September 1904, in which he kicked one of Carlton's five goals (Carlton lost to Fitzroy: 5.7 (37) to 9.7 (61)).
Death
[edit]He died at South Melbourne, Victoria on 21 June 1919.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Holmesby & Main (2009), p.677.
- ^ Marriages: Prescott—Keily, The Australasian, (Saturday, 20 December 1879), p.27.
- ^ The Divorce Court, Prescott v. Prescott, The Argus, (Tuesday, 7 November 1893), p.3.
- ^ Football Association, The Age, (Saturday, 4 June 1904) p.14; Football, The Williamstown Chronicle, (Saturday, 11 June 1904), p.3.
- ^ Deaths: Prescott, The Argus, (Tuesday, 24 June 1919), p.1.
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.
External links
[edit]
- Eddie Prescott's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Eddie Prescott at AustralianFootball.com
- Eddie Prescott's profile at Blueseum
- Edward Prescott: The VFA Project.
 | This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1880 is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |