Name Edward Cordner | ||
Full name Edward Rae "Ted" Cordner Date of birth (1887-06-18)18 June 1887 Date of death 21 July 1963(1963-07-21) (aged 76) Place of death Greensborough, Victoria Role Australian Rules Footballer Died July 21, 1963, Greensborough, Melbourne, Australia | ||
Place of birth Sandhurst, Victoria Original team(s) Melbourne Grammar | ||
Edward Rae "Ted" Cordner (18 June 1887 – 21 July 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and University in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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Education
He graduated M.B., Ch.B. from the University of Melbourne in 1910.
Football
Ted's brother Harry Cordner, and his cousins Alan Cordner and "Larry" Cordner, also played senior VFL football. Ted is the father of the Don Cordner, Dennis Cordner, Ted Cordner and John Cordner who all played for Melbourne in the 1940s.
Soldier
Captain Edward Rae "Ted" Cordner, served as a medical officer in the 6th Field Ambulance. His brother, Dr. Henry "Harry" Cordner, overseas at the time that war broke out, was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and served in France.
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