Ernie Foo
| Ernie Foo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Ernest Arthur Foo | ||
| Date of birth | 30 July 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Fitzroy, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 27 February 1934 (aged 42) | ||
| Place of death | Caulfield, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | YMCA Sydney / Wesley College | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1914 | St Kilda | 4 (2) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Ernest Arthur Foo (30 July 1891 – 27 February 1934) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
[edit]The son of Thomas Foo and Mary Jane Williams (d. 1917),[2] Ernest Arthur Foo was born in Fitzroy on 30 July 1891. He married Olive Ida Wise in 1914. They were divorced in 1920.[3][4] He married Lily Edna Hebditch in 1929.
Military service
[edit]Foo fought in World War I—having enlisting under the anglicised name "Ernest Arthur Ford"—serving in France in the latter stages of the war.[5]
Death
[edit]He died on 27 February 1934 at the Caulfield Military Hospital.[6]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 286. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ Deaths: Foo, The Argus, (Wednesday, 14 February 1917), p. 1.
- ^ A Husband's Choice, The Herald, (Thursday, 29 July), p. 10.
- ^ Divorce Court, The Argus, (Friday, 30 July 1920), p. 4.
- ^ "Discovering Anzacs: Ernest Arthur Ford". National Archives of Australia.
- ^ Deaths: Ford, The Age, (Saturday, 3 March 1934), p.13.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Ernie Foo's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Ernie Foo at AustralianFootball.com
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- Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
- St Kilda Football Club players
- Australian people of Chinese descent
- Sportspeople of Chinese descent
- Australian military personnel of World War I
- People educated at Wesley College (Victoria)
- People from Fitzroy, Victoria
- Military personnel from Melbourne
- Australian rules biography, 1891 birth stubs