Ken Feltscheer

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1915}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Ken Feltscheer

| image =

| fullname = Kenneth John Feltscheer

| birth_date = {{birth date |1915|06|09|df=y}}

| birth_place = Neerim, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|12|25|1915|6|9|df=y}}{{cite web |title=KEN FELTSCHEER |url=https://australianfootball.com/players/player/ken+feltscheer/5916 |website=AustralianFootball.com |access-date=24 August 2022}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = Neerim South, Moe

| height = 178 cm

| weight = 80.5 kg

| position = Half forward, wing

| statsend = 1943

| years1 = 1935–36

| club1 = {{AFL Mel}}

| games_goals1 = {{0}}4 {{0}}(0)

| years2 = 1937–40, 1943

| club2 = {{AFL Haw}}

| games_goals2 = 43 (15)

| games_goalstotal = 47 (15)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Ken Feltscheer (9 June 1915 – 25 December 2017) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=258}} He turned 100 in June 2015{{cite web|last1=Hanlon|first1=Peter|title=Ken Feltscheer: A 'good average player' notches a ton|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/hawthorn-hawks/ken-feltscheer-a-good-average-player-notches-a-ton-20150609-ghk73b.html|accessdate=1 July 2016|work=The Age|date=9 June 2015}} and died on 25 December 2017 at the age of 102.[http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2017-12-26/vale-ken-feltscheer Ken Feltscheer's obituary]

Feltscheer grew up on a dairy farm near Neerim South, and playing under big brother Eric's captaincy he kicked 10 goals one afternoon. That got him noticed by Moe who were in the Central Gippsland FL at the time. He kicked ten goals on debut {{Cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224475014?searchTerm=ken%20feltscheer|title=Some Prominent Personalities in Country Football Clubs|newspaper=Weekly Times|date=19 August 1933}} then {{AFL Mel}} got interested in him. After an invitation by letter he moved to the city. He played in two reserves premierships under seconds coach "Bull" Adams.

Melbourne were interested in former Hawthorn Fullback Bert Chandler, who had returned from Western Australia. Feltscheer and fellow teammate Gordon Waters were part of a player swap for Chandler in 1937.

Feltscheer retired from league football at the end of 1940{{Cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11315859?searchTerm=ken%20feltscheer|title = Around the Clubs|newspaper = Argus|date = 31 July 1940}} but was talked into helping out because of wartime player shortage by playing 5 games in 1943.

Alec Mawhinney who played at {{AFL Mel}} in 1919 was his uncle.{{Cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/188808740?searchTerm=ken%20feltscheer|title = Who's Who of Football|newspaper = Sporting Globe|date = 29 June 1940}}