Ted Cordner

Edward Pruen Cordner (31 January 1919 – 4 March 1996)[1][2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.

This article is about Ted Corder (1919–1996). For his father, see Edward Cordner.

Ted Cordner
Personal information
Full name Edward Pruen Cordner
Date of birth 31 January 1919
Place of birth Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Date of death 4 March 1996(1996-03-04) (aged 77)
Place of death Greensborough, Victoria
Original team(s) University Blacks
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1941–43, 1946 Melbourne 52 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The older brother of Melbourne Team of the Century members Denis and Don Cordner, Ted would have played more than 52 games had he not pursued a medical career. His youngest brother was John.[3][4]

He married Elizabeth Anne Baillieu on 4 December 1951.[5]

Football

Cordner joined the club in 1941 and was a member of their premiership winning side. He missed the entire 1944 and 1945 seasons due to him being busy serving as a naval doctor but managed to play 19 games in 1946 as well as representing Victoria in an interstate match.

Footnotes
  1. "Ted Cordner - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  2. Phillips, Bruce (25 February 2006). "Best & fairest". The Age. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  3. Taylor, Percy, "That Amazing Cordner Family: Brawn and Brains Combined Gives Them a Record Unique in Victorian History", The Argus, (Friday, 26 September 1952), p.4.
  4. Allen, David, "Dynasty: The Cordner Family", The Yorker, (Spring 2019), pp.26-31.
  5. Dr. Cordner Weds at St. John's, The Herald, ($ December 1951), p.13.

References
  • Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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