Edward Cordner

Edward Rae Cordner, also known as Ted Cordner (18 June 1887 – 21 July 1963)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and University in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Edward Cordner
Cordner in 1910
Personal information
Full name Edward Rae Cordner
Date of birth (1887-06-18)18 June 1887
Place of birth Sandhurst, Victoria
Date of death 21 July 1963(1963-07-21) (aged 76)
Place of death Greensborough, Victoria
Original team(s) Melbourne Grammar
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1905 Melbourne 02 (0)
1908–12 University 60 (8)
Total 62 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Education

He graduated M.B., Ch.B. from the University of Melbourne in 1910.

Football

Ted's brother Harry Cordner, and his cousins Alan Cordner and "Larry" Cordner, also played senior VFL football. Ted is the father of the Don Cordner, Denis Cordner, Ted Cordner and John Cordner who all played for Melbourne in the 1940s.

Soldier

Captain Edward Rae "Ted" Cordner, served as a medical officer in the 6th Field Ambulance.[2] His brother, Dr. Henry "Harry" Cordner, overseas at the time that war broke out, was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and served in France.[3]

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See also

Footnotes
  1. "University Football Club: Biographies - Personalities" (PDF). Melbourne University Football Club. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  2. World War I Nominal Roll: Cordner, Edward Rae.
  3. The Argus, 29 August 1914.

Sources


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