Eddie Sholl

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Eddie Sholl

| image = Eddie Sholl (before 1902).jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| fullname = Edward Sholl

| birth_date = 15 April 1872

| birth_place = Melbourne

| death_date = {{death date and age|1952|6|29|1872|4|15|df=yes}}

| death_place = Fitzroy, Victoria

| height =

| weight =

| position = Fullback

| statsend = 1902

| years1 = 1890–1892

| club1 = North Melbourne (VFA)

| games_goals1 = {{0}}32 (2)

| years2 = 1894–1896

| club2 = Melbourne (VFA)

| games_goals2 = {{0}}45 (2)

| years3 = 1897–1902

| club3 = Melbourne

| games_goals3 = {{0}}50 (2)

| games_goalstotal = 127 (6)

| careerhighlights = * VFL premiership player: 1900

• Melbourne captain: 1899

}}

Edward Sholl (15 April 1872 – 29 June 1952The Argus,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23179554 "Former Melbourne captain dies"], 2 July 1952, p. 8) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Sholl played six games in the 1897 inaugural VFL season, three of which were finals.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/E/Eddie_Sholl.html AFL Tables: Eddie Sholl]

He captained Melbourne in 1899 and in the same year represented Victoria in an interstate fixture against South Australia.{{cite book|last=Lovett, Michael|title=AFL 2004 – The Official Statistical History Of The AFL| publisher=AFL Publishing|year=2004|isbn=0-9580300-5-7}}{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}

A fullback, he kept Gerald Brosnan goal-less in the 1900 VFL Grand Final, which Melbourne won.{{cite web|url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/fuchsias%27_farcical_flag.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070502214817/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/fuchsias'_farcical_flag.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 May 2007| title=Fuchsias' Farcical Flag| publisher=Full Points Footy}}