Horace Edmonds
{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1908}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Horrie Edmonds
| image = Horace Edmonds 1929-1934.jpg
| caption = Edmonds during his Collingwood career
| fullname = Horace Stephens Edmonds
| nickname = Tubby
| birth_date = 23 December 1908
| birth_place = Diamond Creek, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|7|18|1908|12|23|df=yes}}
| death_place = Bundoora, Victoria
| originalteam = Middle Park CYMS / Diamond Creek
| height = 175 cm
| weight = 84.5 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1937
| years1 = 1929–1934
| club1 = Collingwood
| games_goals1 = {{0}}79 (124)
| years2 = 1934–1935
| club2 = Richmond
| games_goals2 = {{0}}30 {{0}}(20)
| years3 = 1937
| club3 = Footscray
| games_goals3 = {{0|00}}1 {{0|00}}(0)
| games_goalstotal = 110 (144)
| careerhighlights = * Collingwood Premiership Player 1929, 1930
- Richmond Premiership Player 1934
- Footscray Seconds Captain/Coach 1937
- Collingwood Seconds Captain/Coach 1939-1941
- Collingwood Seconds Premiership Captain/Coach 1940
- Hawthorn Seconds/Reserves Coach 1952-1960
- Hawthorn Seconds/Reserves Premiership Coach 1958, 1959
}}
Horace Stephens 'Tubby' Edmonds (23 December 1908 – 18 July 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1929 and 1934 for the Collingwood Football Club, between 1934 and 1935 for the Richmond Football Club and one game for the Footscray Football Club in 1937.Hogan (1996), pp.65-66.
Family
The son of Neil Flower Edmonds (1871–1918),[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155097325 Deaths: Edmonds, The Age, (Monday, 10 June 1918), p.1.] and Johannah "Annie" Edmonds (1873–1951), née Long, later Mrs. William Merriman,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23032775 Deaths: Merriman, The Argus, (Saturday, 3 February 1951), p.17.] Horace Stephens Edmonds was born at Diamond Creek, Victoria on 23 December 1908.
Horace Edmonds married to Jessie Adeline Williams (1910–1993) in 1931. They had two sons, William (1938-2021) and Robert (1946–2006). Robert played a short time for Richmond Reserves.
Football
=Richmond (VFL)=
He was granted a clearance from Collingwood to Richmond on 30 June 1934.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10983434 'Old Boy', "Rush for Clearances: Last Day of Season: Edmonds Goes to Richmond", The Argus, (Monday, 2 July 1934), p.13.]
=Brighton (VFA)=
Cleared from Sandringham in June 1938, he played two senior games for Brighton in 1938.
=Hawthorn (VFL)=
He played in two games for the Hawthorn Reserves in 1953, at the age of 46.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article249261596 Brown, Alf, "The Man who Stayed on the Fence Makes a Comeback", The Herald, (Tuesday, 1 September 1953), p.18.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article249254619 Veteran in Action, The Herald, (Wednesday, 2 September 1953), p.24.]
Recognition
He was awarded a Richmond Life Membership posthumously in 2018.
Footnotes
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References
{{Commons category}}
- [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article249261596 Alf Brown, "The Man who stayed on the Fence makes a Comeback", The Herald, (Tuesday, 1 September 1953), p.18.]
- Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. {{ISBN|0-646-18748-1}}
- [https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=531003&c=WW2 World War Two Nominal Roll: Corporal Horace Stephen Edmonds (VX130535/V340226), Department of Veterans' Affairs.]
External links
- [https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/H/Horrie_Edmonds.html Horrie Edmonds' playing statistics, from AFL Tables.]
- [https://australianfootball.com/players/player/horrie%2Bedmonds/4923 Horrie Edmonds, at AustralianFootball.com.]
- [http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/Horrie+Edmonds Horrie Edmonds, at Boyles Football Photos.]
- [http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Edmonds,_Horrie_'Tubby'.php Horrie "Tubby" Edmonds, at The VFA Project.]
- [https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/horrie-edmonds Horrie Edmonds 1929-1934, at Collingwood Forever.]
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Category:Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
Category:Collingwood Football Club players
Category:Collingwood Football Club premiership players
Category:Richmond Football Club players
Category:Richmond Football Club premiership players
Category:Western Bulldogs players
Category:Diamond Creek Football Club players
Category:VFL/AFL premiership players
Category:People from Diamond Creek, Victoria
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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