Ted Buckley
{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1912}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Ted Buckley
| image =
| fullname = Edmund Thomas Buckley
| birth_date = {{birth date|1912|06|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Lauriston, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|2|4|1912|06|23|df=yes}}
| death_place = Prahran, Victoria
| originalteam = Kyneton
| height = 177 cm
| weight = 72 kg
| position = wing
| statsend = 1939
| years1 = 1937–39
| club1 = {{AFL Mel}}
| games_goals1 = 38 (3)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Edmund Thomas "Ted" Buckley (23 June 1912 – 4 February 1984){{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/ted%2Bbuckley/6185|title=Ted Buckley - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=26 December 2014}} was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne 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=105}}
Family
The son of Patrick Joseph Buckley (1857-1917),[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129586632 Death Notices: Buckley, The Kyneton Guardian, (Saturday, 26 May 1917), p.2.] Catherine Amelia Buckley (1874-1944), née Welch,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11352874 Deaths: Buckley, The Argus, (Thursday, 20 July 1944), p.2.] Edmund Thomas Buckley was born at Lauriston, Victoria on 23 June 1912.
He married Mabel Elizabeth Spears on 6 July 1940.
Football
=Kyneton (BFL)=
He played for five seasons with the Kyneton Football Club in the Bendigo Football League.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223303845 (Kyneton Football Team Photograph), The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 25 June 1932), p.37.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223853890 (Kyneton Football Team Photograph), The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 6 May 1933), p.31.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224560325 (Kyneton Football Team Photograph), The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 7 July 1934), p.37.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223355990 (Kyneton Football Team Photograph), The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 8 June 1935), p.37.]
=Melbourne (VFL)=
He made his debut for Melbourne against Collingwood, at the MCG, on 22 May 1937.
=1937 Best First-Year Players=
In September 1937, The Argus selected Buckley in its team of 1937's first-year players.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11080747 Football Season's Many Good Recruits, The Argus, (Tuesday, 7 September 1937), p.14.]
| class="wikitable"
! ! !Best First-Year Players (1937) ! |
| Backs
|align=center|Bernie Treweek |align=center|Reg Henderson |align=center|Lawrence Morgan |
| H/Backs
|align=center|Gordon Waters |align=center|Bill Cahill |align=center|Eddie Morcom |
| Centre Line
|align=center|Ted Buckley |align=center|George Bates |align=center|Jack Kelly |
| H/Forwards
|align=center|Col Williamson |align=center|Ray Watts |align=center|Don Dilks |
| Forwards
|align=center|Lou Sleeth |align=center|Sel Murray |align=center|Charlie Pierce |
| Rucks/Rover
|align=center|Reg Garvin |align=center|Sandy Patterson |align=center|Des Fothergill |
| Second Ruck
|align=center|Lawrence Morgan |align=center|Col Williamson |align=center|Lou Sleeth |
=Brighton (VFA)=
On 30 April 1941, he was cleared from Melbourne to the Brighton Football Club.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205145849 Essendon or Preston, The Age, (Thursday, 1 May 1941), p.4.]
Death
He died at the Alfred Hospital, in Prahran, Victoria, on 4 February 1984.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IVBVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6098%2C2869553 Deaths: Buckley, The Age, (Monday, 6 February 1984), p.14.]
Notes
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External links
- {{AFL Tables|ref=T/Ted_Buckley.html}}
- [http://demonwiki.org/Ted+Buckley Ted Buckley], at Demonwiki.
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=Ted%2BBuckley/6185}}
- [https://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Buckley,_E._(Ted).php E. (Ted) Buckley], at The VFA Project.
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:Melbourne Football Club players