George Elliott (Australian rules footballer)

George Stephenson Elliott MC (1 June 1885 – 25 September 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with University and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

George Elliott
Elliott in 1910
Personal information
Full name George Stephenson Elliott
Date of birth 1 June 1885
Place of birth Charlton, Victoria
Date of death 25 September 1917(1917-09-25) (aged 32)
Place of death Menin Road Ridge, Passchendaele salient, Belgium
Original team(s) Ballarat College
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1905 Fitzroy 01 (0)
1908–1913 University 79 (3)
Total 80 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Thomas Elliott (1831-1911),[2] and his wife Helen Elliott (1849-1933), née Janvrin,[3] and the brother of AIF General Harold "Pompey" Elliott (1885-1917), and cousin of Admiral Sir Francis William Loftus Tottenham,[4] George Stephenson Elliott was born at Charlton, Victoria on 1 June 1885. He married Alice Evelyn "Lyn" Walker on 30 October 1915;[5] and they had a daughter, Jacquelyn Edmee (1916-1963), who later married John Edwin Fellows (1919-1995).[6][7]

Education

He was educated at Ballarat College and the University of Melbourne, and took a leading part in sport with both Ormond College and the University. He studied medicine, and graduated M.B.B.S. in September 1915.[8]

Football

A defender, Elliott played one game for Fitzroy in 1905 before becoming a member of the inaugural University side when they joined the league in 1908. He captained the club in 1911 and 1912.[9]

Military service

Elliott was killed in World War I at the Menin Road Ridge, having previously been awarded the Military Cross for gallantry.[10]

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See also
  • List of Victorian Football League players who died in active service

Footnotes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 895. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. Deaths: Elliott, The Ballarat Star, (Wednesday, 5 July 1911), p.2.
  3. Elliott, Helen (1849–1933), Obituaries Australia.
  4. Elliott, George Stephenson (1885–1917), Obituaries Australia.
  5. Elliott—Walker, The Argus, (Saturday, 4 December 1915), p.13.
  6. Births: Elliott, The Argus, (Saturday, 30 December 1916), p.1.
  7. Weddings: At Christ Church, The Argus, (Monday, 2 November 1942), p.6; Service Weddings, The Australasian, (Saturday, 7 November 1942), p.21.
  8. Students and War: Graduates to the Front, The Argus, (Tuesday, 21 September 1915), p.8.
  9. The University Team, The Leader, (Saturday, 4 May 1912), p.29.
  10. Died on Service: Elliott, The Argus, (Saturday, 13 October 1917), p.13.

References
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