Eric Gardner
Personal information
Full name Eric Arthur Gardner
Date of birth (1881-06-27)27 June 1881
Place of birth Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Date of death 24 May 1905(1905-05-24) (aged 23)
Place of death Västerås, Sweden
Original team(s) Melbourne Grammar
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1900–1903 Melbourne 39 (13)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1903.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Eric Arthur Gardner (27 June 1881 – 24 May 1905)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The younger brother of Corrie Gardner, Eric was a long kicking forward. He played as a wingman and missed out on playing in Melbourne's 1900 premiership side, in his debut season, through injury.[2]

He entered Trinity College (University of Melbourne) in 1900, where he was a member of the football team that won the 1902 intercollegiate premiership,[3] and also participated in athletics, winning the 120-yard hurdles and coming third in the long jump and at the University sports day in 1902.[4]

Gardner died young in 1905 while in Sweden.

References

  1. "OBITUARY". The Australasian. Melbourne. 27 May 1905. p. 38. Retrieved 21 September 2014 via National Library of Australia.
  2. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
  3. "Football", Argus, 2 July 1902, p. 8.
  4. "Melbourne University Sports", Argus, 3 June 1902, p. 8.


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