Ned Officer

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Ned Officer

| image =

| fullname = Edward Albert Officer

| birth_date = {{birth date|1869|03|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tower Hill, Victoria

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1927|06|10|1869|03|29|df=yes}}

| death_place = Perth, Western Australia

| originalteam = Warrnambool (HFL)
Geelong College

| height =

| weight =

| position = Full-back

| statsend = 1898

| years1 = 1891–1896

| club1 = Essendon (VFA)

| games_goals1 = 105 (10)

| years2 = 1897–1898

| club2 = {{AFL Ess}} (VFL)

| games_goals2 = 18 (0)

| careerhighlights = * VFA premiership player 1891–1894

• VFL premiership player: 1897

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Edward Albert Officer (29 March 1869 – 10 June 1927) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in both the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and the Victorian Football League (VFL).

In his first four seasons, he played in Essendon's successive premierships, and played in a fifth in the first year of the VFL competition under the captaincy of good friend George Stuckey. Officer made his VFL debut against {{AFL Gee}} in Round 1 of the season, at Corio Oval.{{cite web|title=OFFICER, Ned A. |url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/player-past.asp?id=701#profile|work=Essendon FC|accessdate=13 September 2012}}

After retiring from football, Officer moved to Perth and practiced as a physician until his death in 1927.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140735783 |title=DEATH OF DR. E. A. OFFICER. |newspaper=The Australasian |location=Melbourne |date=18 June 1927 |page=39 |via=National Library of Australia}}