Full name Eric Arthur Gardner Place of death Vasteras, Sweden Name Eric Gardner | Place of birth Victoria, Australia Original team(s) Melbourne Grammar | |
Date of birth (1881-06-27)27 June 1881 Date of death 24 May 1905(1905-05-24) (aged 23) | ||
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Eric Arthur Gardner (27 June 1881 – 24 May 1905) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The younger brother of Corrie Gardner, Eric was a long kicking forward. He played as a wingman and missed out on playing in Melbourne's 1900 premiership side, in his debut season, through injury.
He entered Trinity College (University of Melbourne) in 1900, where he was a member of the football team that won the 1902 intercollegiate premiership, and also participated in athletics, winning the 120-yard hurdles and coming third in the long jump and at the University sports day in 1902.
Gardner died young in 1905 while in Sweden.
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