Edgar Kneen | |||
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![]() Kneen in 1910 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Edgar Albert Kneen | ||
Date of birth | 9 September 1882 | ||
Place of birth | Fitzroy, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 24 April 1962 | (aged 79)||
Place of death | Mont Albert, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Boroondara | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1904–06 | Fitzroy | 48 (33) | |
1908–12 | University | 46 (48) | |
Total | 94 (81) | ||
International team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
1905 | Victoria | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912. 2 State and international statistics correct as of N/A. | |||
Career highlights | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/THE_UNIVERSITY_FOOTBALL_TEAM_from_The_Leader_Melbourne_30_May_1908_pg_27.png/230px-THE_UNIVERSITY_FOOTBALL_TEAM_from_The_Leader_Melbourne_30_May_1908_pg_27.png)
E. Kneen, third from left, middle row.
Edgar Albert Kneen (9 September 1882 – 24 April 1962)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club and Melbourne University Football Club.
Football
[edit]He captained University in 1910 and was a member of the 1904 Fitzroy premiership side.[2]
Death
[edit]Kneen died in April 1962 and was buried in the Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery, Charman Road on 26 April.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Edgar Kneen - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.485.
- ^ "Edgar Albert Kneen". Find a Grave. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018.
References
[edit]- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: Every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.), Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5