Edwin Lionel Wilson

{{Short description|English football administrator (1861-1951)}}

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Edwin Lionel Wilson (E. L Wilson) (28 March 1861{{spaced ndash}}24 November 1951), along with Alan Mansfield, was the founder of Collingwood Football Club. Wilson was approached by the newly formed club to be appointed president, which he rejected. He went on to become the first secretary of the Collingwood Football Club and also the first secretary of the Victorian Football League when the VFL was established in 1897.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5174469 Trove NLA] He held the position of secretary of the VFL for 34 years from 1897 to 1929.

{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007020548/http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/newsfeatures/news/newsarticle/tabid/5586/newsid/81675/default.aspx|url=http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/newsfeatures/news/newsarticle/tabid/5586/newsid/81675/default.aspx |archivedate=7 October 2009|date=30 July 2009|title= The club's first secretary honoured}}Stremski, Richard 1986, Kill for Collingwood, Allen and Unwin, Sydney

In 1930, the E. L. Wilson Shield was created to be awarded to each year's premiership-winning team.{{cite journal|title=Well known men amongst footballers|journal=Football Record|url=http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/110433|page=13|year=1930|issue=Round 1}} It was initially discontinued in 1978 when there was no room remaining on the shield,{{cite journal|title=Shield of success|journal=Football Record|url=http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/143557|page=45|year=1999|first=Michael|last=Lovett}} but it was expanded and reintroduced as a perpetual trophy in 2016 after it was rediscovered under a stairwell at AFL House.{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-31/leigh-matthews-given-afl-finals-honour/7802542|title=AFL finals: Leigh Matthews to present Jock McHale medal|date=31 August 2016|work=ABC Online|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=31 August 2016}}{{cite news |author=Gilbert Gardiner |date=1 September 2016 |title=Old tradition returns |page=69 |newspaper=Herald Sun |location=Melbourne}}

File:Collingwoodfc elwilson.JPG|Collingwood's E.L. Wilson

File:Collingwoodfc.JPG|Collingwood premiership team