Ernie Jamieson
Personal information
Full name Ernest Michael Jamieson
Date of birth 4 June 1888
Place of birth Carlton, Victoria
Date of death 8 September 1983(1983-09-08) (aged 95)
Original team(s) Williamstown
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Position(s) Full-back
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1909–16; 1921–22 Carlton 125 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1922.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ernest Michael Jamieson (4 June 1888 – 8 September 1983) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

A key member of Carlton's defence in a successful era, Jamieson played in 14 finals with Carlton. He was used initially as a wingman following his recruitment from Williamstown, from which he played the 1910 Grand Final, but found a home at full-back when he performed well in that position late in the 1911 season.

Jamieson, renowned for his skills when kicking in after a behind, was a VFL representative in 1913.[1] A full-back in the 1914 and 1915 Carlton premiership teams, Jamieson was a hero in the former when he punched the ball away from South Melbourne forward Tom Bollard in the goal square, preventing a last second goal which would have levelled the scores.[2]

He broke his arm in the 1916 Preliminary Final[3] and as a result missed the premiership decider that year. The defender had surgery but suffered complications which kept him out of action for four seasons. Despite being 33, Jamieson made a return to VFL football in 1921 and participated in his fourth and final Grand Final, a narrow loss to Richmond. At the start of the 1922 season Jamieson was appointed captain of Carlton, but due to injury had to resign partway through the year.[4][5]

After football, he was the proprietor of The Clare Castle Hotel in Rathdowne street, Carlton until 1936.[6]

References

  1. ^ "FOOTBALL GIANTS". Observer. Vol. LXX, no. 5, 446. South Australia. 19 July 1913. p. 17. Retrieved 11 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Football". Sporting Judge. Vol. XXIII, no. 20. Victoria, Australia. 3 October 1914. p. 1. Retrieved 11 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Age. No. 19, 168. Victoria, Australia. 28 August 1916. p. 9. Retrieved 11 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/119688 VFL Record Round 1 1922 p. 28
  5. ^ http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/119680 VFL Record Round 11 1922 p. 9
  6. ^ "Clare Castle Hotel Sold". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 27, 900. Victoria, Australia. 21 January 1936. p. 6. Retrieved 11 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.


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