Edwin Lionel Wilson

Edwin Lionel Wilson (E. L Wilson) (28 March 1861 – 24 November 1951), along with Alan Mansfield, was the founder of Collingwood Football Club. Wilson was approached by the newly formed club to be appointed president, which he rejected.[1] He went on to become the first secretary of the Collingwood Football Club and also the first secretary of the Victorian Football League when the VFL was established in 1897.[2] He held the position of secretary of the VFL for 34 years from 1897 to 1929. [1][3]

Edwin Lionel Wilson

In 1930, the E. L. Wilson Shield was created to be awarded to each year's premiership-winning team.[4] It was initially discontinued in 1978 when there was no room remaining on the shield,[5] but it was expanded and reintroduced as a perpetual trophy in 2016 after it was rediscovered under a stairwell at AFL House.[6][7]

  • Collingwood's E.L. Wilson
    Collingwood's E.L. Wilson
  • Collingwood premiership team
    Collingwood premiership team

References

Media related to Edwin Lionel Wilson at Wikimedia Commons

  1. "The club's first secretary honoured". 30 July 2009. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009.
  2. Trove NLA
  3. Stremski, Richard 1986, Kill for Collingwood, Allen and Unwin, Sydney
  4. "Well known men amongst footballers". Football Record (Round 1): 13. 1930.
  5. Lovett, Michael (1999). "Shield of success". Football Record: 45.
  6. "AFL finals: Leigh Matthews to present Jock McHale medal". ABC Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  7. Gilbert Gardiner (1 September 2016). "Old tradition returns". Herald Sun. Melbourne. p. 69.


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