Ted_Parker_(footballer)

Ted Parker (footballer)

Ted Parker (footballer)

Australian rules footballer

Edward Hewitt Parker (7 November 1903 – 16 May 1929) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

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Parker was the son of prominent Richmond VFA footballer[2] James Hewitt Parker (1872–1911)[3] and Mary Ellen Mahon (1874–1958).

He lost both of his legs to a circular saw in a construction site accident at Mitta Junction in 1929 and died of his injuries at Albury District Hospital.[4]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 687. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. [2]
    "Richmond VFA Players". Tigerland Archive.
  3. [3]
    "PUMP PLUNGER EXPLOSION". The Ballarat Star. Vol. 56, no. 17255. Victoria, Australia. 20 September 1911. p. 1.
  4. [4]
    "Drawn Into Circular Saw". The Argus. Melbourne. 18 May 1929. p. 26. Retrieved 27 December 2014 – via National Library of Australia.


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