Ernie Foo
{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
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| name = Ernie Foo
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| fullname = Ernest Arthur Foo
| birth_date = {{birth date|1891|07|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Fitzroy, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1934|02|27|1891|07|30|df=y}}
| death_place = Caulfield, Victoria
| originalteam = YMCA Sydney / Wesley College
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| statsend = 1914
| years1 = 1914
| club1 = {{AFL StK}}
| games_goals1 = 4 (2)
| careerhighlights =
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Ernest Arthur Foo (30 July 1891 – 27 February 1934) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=286}}
Family
The son of Thomas Foo and Mary Jane Williams (d. 1917),[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1596914 Deaths: Foo, The Argus, (Wednesday, 14 February 1917), p. 1.] Ernest Arthur Foo was born in Fitzroy on 30 July 1891. He married Olive Ida Wise in 1914. They were divorced in 1920.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page26327805 A Husband's Choice, The Herald, (Thursday, 29 July), p. 10.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4593164 Divorce Court, The Argus, (Friday, 30 July 1920), p. 4.] He married Lily Edna Hebditch in 1929.
Military service
Foo fought in World War I—having enlisting under the anglicised name "Ernest Arthur Ford"—serving in France in the latter stages of the war.{{cite web |url=https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/171385 |title=Discovering Anzacs: Ernest Arthur Ford |publisher=National Archives of Australia}}
Death
He died on 27 February 1934 at the Caulfield Military Hospital.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203838139 Deaths: Ford, The Age, (Saturday, 3 March 1934), p.13.]
Notes
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References
- [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ViewPDF.aspx?B=4019062&D=D World War I Service Record: Private Ernest Arthur Ford (7842), National Archives of Australia.]
External links
- {{AFL Tables|ref=E/Ernie_Foo.html}}
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=ernie%2Bfoo/3295}}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Category:St Kilda Football Club players
Category:Australian people of Chinese descent
Category:Sportspeople of Chinese descent
Category:Australian military personnel of World War I
Category:People educated at Wesley College (Victoria)
Category:People from Fitzroy, Victoria
Category:Military personnel from Melbourne
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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