Ted Cordner
{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1919}}
{{About|Ted Corder (1919–1996)|his father|Edward Cordner}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Ted Cordner
| image = Ted Cordner (before 1946).jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| fullname = Edward Pruen Cordner
| birth_date = 31 January 1919
| birth_place = Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|3|4|1919|1|31|df=yes}}
| death_place = Greensborough, Victoria
| originalteam = University Blacks
| height = 188 cm
| weight = 89 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1946
| years1 = 1941–43, 1946
| club1 = Melbourne
| games_goals1 = 52 (0)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Edward Pruen Cordner (31 January 1919 – 4 March 1996){{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Ted%2BCordner/16022|title=Ted Cordner – Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=23 December 2014}}{{cite news|last=Phillips|first=Bruce|title=Best & fairest|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=age&kw=Ted+Cordner&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=0&clsPage=1&docID=AGE06022526935N238HA|accessdate=18 April 2012|newspaper=The Age|date=25 February 2006}} was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.
Family
The older brother of Melbourne Team of the Century members Denis and Don Cordner, Ted would have played more than 52 games had he not pursued a medical career. His youngest brother was John.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23198947 Taylor, Percy, "That Amazing Cordner Family: Brawn and Brains Combined Gives Them a Record Unique in Victorian History", The Argus, (Friday, 26 September 1952), p. 4.][https://mcc.org.au/_/media/files/mcc/library/mcc0549-yorker---issue-69_spring-2019_web-300dpi.pdf Allen, David, "Dynasty: The Cordner Family", The Yorker, (Spring 2019), pp. 26–31.]
He married Elizabeth Anne Baillieu on 4 December 1951.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247846345 Dr. Cordner Weds at St. John's, The Herald, ($ December 1951), p. 13.]
Football
Cordner joined the club in 1941 and was a member of their premiership winning side. He missed the entire 1944 and 1945 seasons due to him being busy serving as a naval doctor but managed to play 19 games in 1946 as well as representing Victoria in an interstate match.
Footnotes
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References
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{AFL Tables | T/Ted_Cordner0 }}
- {{AustralianFootball | ted+cordner/16022 }}
- [http://demonwiki.org/Ted+Cordner Ted Cordner, at Demonwiki.]
{{1941 Melbourne premiership players}}
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Category:VFL/AFL players born outside Australia
Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Category:Melbourne Football Club players
Category:University Blacks Football Club players
Category:Melbourne Football Club premiership players
Category:VFL/AFL premiership players
Category:People from Diamond Creek, Victoria
Category:Royal Australian Navy personnel of World War II
Category:Medical doctors from Melbourne
Category:Military personnel from Melbourne
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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