Ted Heffernan

Ted Heffernan
Personal information
Full name Edward Page Heffernan;
(later, Richard Page Heffernan)
Born (1869-05-16)16 May 1869
Gisborne, Victoria
Died 16 May 1904(1904-05-16) (aged 35)
Princes Hill, Victoria
Original team Fitzroy Juniors
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1894, 1896 Carlton (VFA) 23 (4)
1897 Carlton (VFL) 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1897.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edward Page Heffernan (16 May 1869 – 16 May 1904) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of Thomas Heffernan (1832–1892), a policeman, and Mary Heffernan (1834–1875), née Minogue, Edward Page Heffernan was born at Gisborne, Victoria on 16 May 1869.

He married Margaret Celia Berwick (1873–1948), later Mrs. William Francis Fuseo, in 1897. They had two daughters.

Football

Carlton (VFA)

Recruited from Fitzroy Juniors in 1894, he played at least 23 senior games for Carlton in the VFA over three seasons (1894 to 1896).

Carlton (VFL)

He played 2 senior games for Carlton in the VFL, including the team's first-ever match in the VFL's inaugural season, against Fitzroy, at the Brunswick Street Oval, on 8 May 1897.

Death

He died at Princes Hill on his 35th birthday, 16 May 1904.

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby & Main (2009), p.364.
  2. ↑ Deaths: Heffernan, The Age, (Monday, 16 May 1892), p.1.
  3. ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria: Deaths Registration no.11123/1875.
  4. ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria: Births Registration ("Edward Page Heffernan") no.8881/1869.
  5. ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria: Marriages Registration ("Richard Page Heffernan") no.3140/1897.
  6. ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria: Marriages Registration ("Margaret Heffernan") no.9652/1907; [William Francis Fuseo (1877-1961)].
  7. ↑ Deaths: Fuseo, The Age, (Friday, 4 June 1948), p.. 2.
  8. ↑ Blueseum.
  9. ↑ Pennings (2016), pp. 390, 521.
  10. ↑ AFL Tables: Carlton: Player Details: Round 1, 1897.
  11. ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria: Deaths Registration ("Richard Page Heffernan") no.6277/1904.

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