Ted Buckley

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Ted Buckley
Personal information
Full name Edmund Thomas Buckley
Born (1912-06-23)23 June 1912
Lauriston, Victoria
Died 4 February 1984(1984-02-04) (aged 71)
Prahran, Victoria
Original team Kyneton
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Position wing
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1937–39 Melbourne 38 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edmund Thomas "Ted" Buckley (23 June 1912 – 4 February 1984)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Family

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The son of Patrick Joseph Buckley (1857-1917),[3] Catherine Amelia Buckley (1874-1944), née Welch,[4] Edmund Thomas Buckley was born at Lauriston, Victoria on 23 June 1912.

He married Mabel Elizabeth Spears on 6 July 1940.

Football

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Kyneton (BFL)

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He played for five seasons with the Kyneton Football Club in the Bendigo Football League.[5][6][7][8]

Melbourne (VFL)

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He made his debut for Melbourne against Collingwood, at the MCG, on 22 May 1937.

1937 Best First-Year Players

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In September 1937, The Argus selected Buckley in its team of 1937's first-year players.[9]

Best First-Year Players (1937)
Backs Bernie Treweek
(Fitzroy)
Reg Henderson
(Richmond)
Lawrence Morgan
(Fitzroy)
H/Backs Gordon Waters
(Hawthorn)
Bill Cahill
(Essendon)
Eddie Morcom
(North Melbourne)
Centre Line Ted Buckley
(Melbourne)
George Bates
(Richmond)
Jack Kelly
(St Kilda)
H/Forwards Col Williamson
(St Kilda)
Ray Watts
(Essendon)
Don Dilks
(Footscray)
Forwards Lou Sleeth
(Richmond)
Sel Murray
(North Melbourne)
Charlie Pierce
(Hawthorn)
Rucks/Rover Reg Garvin
(St Kilda)
Sandy Patterson
(South Melbourne)
Des Fothergill
(Collingwood)
Second Ruck Lawrence Morgan Col Williamson Lou Sleeth

Brighton (VFA)

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On 30 April 1941, he was cleared from Melbourne to the Brighton Football Club.[10]

Death

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He died at the Alfred Hospital, in Prahran, Victoria, on 4 February 1984.[11]

Notes

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