Edward Cordner






























































Edward Cordner

Ted Cordner 1910.jpg
Cordner in 1910

Personal information
Full name
Edward Rae Cordner
Date of birth
(1887-06-18)18 June 1887
Place of birth
Sandhurst, Victoria
Date of death
21 July 1963(1963-07-21) (aged 76)
Place of death
Greensborough, Victoria
Original team(s)
Melbourne Grammar
Position(s)
Defender
Playing career1
Years
Club

Games (Goals)
1905
Melbourne

02 (0)
1908–12
University

60 (8)
Total

62 (8)


1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912.


Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edward Rae Cordner, also known as Ted Cordner (18 June 1887 – 21 July 1963)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and University in the Victorian Football League (VFL).




Contents






  • 1 Education


  • 2 Football


  • 3 Soldier


  • 4 See also


  • 5 Footnotes


  • 6 Sources





Education


He graduated M.B., Ch.B. from the University of Melbourne in 1910.



Football


Ted's brother Harry Cordner, and his cousins Alan Cordner and "Larry" Cordner, also played senior VFL football. Ted is the father of the Don Cordner, Dennis Cordner, Ted Cordner and John Cordner who all played for Melbourne in the 1940s.



Soldier


Captain Edward Rae "Ted" Cordner, served as a medical officer in the 6th Field Ambulance.[2] His brother, Dr. Henry "Harry" Cordner, overseas at the time that war broke out, was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and served in France.[3]



See also


  • List of Australian rules football families


Footnotes





  1. ^ "University Football Club: Biographies - Personalities" (PDF). Melbourne University Football Club. Retrieved 12 October 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ World War I Nominal Roll: Cordner, Edward Rae.


  3. ^ The Argus, 29 August 1914.




Sources







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


  • Edward Cordner's playing statistics from AFL Tables










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