Ern Jenkins
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer, coach and umpire}}
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{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Ern Jenkins
| image = Ern Jenkins 1907 punch.jpg
| caption = Jenkins in 1907
| fullname = Ernest Merrett Jenkins
| birth_date = {{birth date|1879|10|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Collingwood, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1927|12|21|1879|10|4|df=yes}}
| death_place = Fitzroy, Victoria
| height =
| weight =
| position =
| statsend = 1910
| years1 = 1897–1910
| club1 = Fitzroy
| games_goals1 = 182 (16)
| coachyears1 = 1913
| coachclub1 = Richmond
| coachgames_wins1 = 18 (6–12–0)
| careerhighlights = *3× VFL premiership player: 1899, 1904, 1905
- Fitzroy captain: 1906–1907
}}
Ernest Merrett Jenkins (4 October 1879 – 21 December 1927{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203268057 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Age |location=Victoria, Australia |date=21 December 1929 |page=7}}) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club, coach of the Richmond Football Club and an umpire in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Jenkins was uncle of Fitzroy player Horrie Dawson.{{cite web|url=http://fitzroyfc.com.au/toc_nominees.htm|title=Team of the Century Nominees|publisher=Fitzroy Football Club|access-date=23 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327145426/http://fitzroyfc.com.au/toc_nominees.htm|archive-date=27 March 2009}}
Playing career
Jenkins played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1897 and 1908 and again in 1910.
Coaching career
He was senior coach of the Richmond Football Club in 1913.
Umpiring career
Jenkins later joined the VFL as a goal umpire making his debut in VFL senior football in 1920. By the time of his death in 1927, Jenkins had umpired 132 senior matches, including five grand finals.{{cite web|url=http://www.aflua.com.au/index.asp?d=5A4C5A717251477C7008060D060303|title=Career Goal|publisher=Australian Football League Umpires Association|access-date=23 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222022334/http://www.aflua.com.au/index.asp?d=5A4C5A717251477C7008060D060303|archive-date=22 February 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aflua.com.au/index.asp?d=5A4C5A717251477C7008060A010404|title=Player/Umpires|publisher=Australian Football League Umpires Association|access-date=23 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912184734/http://www.aflua.com.au/index.asp?d=5A4C5A717251477C7008060A010404|archive-date=12 September 2009}}
References
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Bibliography
- Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
- {{cite book|last=Donald, Chris|title=Fitzroy: For The Love Of The Jumper| publisher=Pan Macmillan Australia|year=2002|isbn=978-1-877029-18-9}}
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{AFL Tables | E/Ern_Jenkins }}
- {{AustralianFootball | ernie+jenkins/959 }}
{{1899 Fitzroy premiership players}}
{{Fitzroy Football Club captains}}
{{Richmond Football Club coaches}}
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Category:Fitzroy Football Club players
Category:Fitzroy Football Club premiership players
Category:Richmond Football Club coaches
Category:Australian Football League umpires
Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:VFL/AFL premiership players
Category:19th-century Australian sportsmen
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