Ted Fisher
Personal information
Full name Edward Edgar Fisher
Date of birth (1887-07-11)11 July 1887
Place of birth Richmond, Victoria
Date of death 24 January 1954(1954-01-24) (aged 66)
Place of death Redfern, New South Wales
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1907 St Kilda 1 (0)
1918 Richmond 4 (1)
Total 5 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1918.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edward Edgar "Anzac" Fisher (11 July 1887 – 24 January 1954) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Fisher was a strong, courageous ruck-rover who came to the Tigers as a result of serving with several Richmond players during the First World War. Fisher was in the A.I.F. for the duration of World War One, firstly at Gallipoli and then in France, hence his nickname "Anzac".[2]

Family

The son of John Hunter Fisher, and Agnes Fisher, née Parker, Edward Edgar Fisher was born at Richmond, Victoria on 11 July 1887.

He married Agnes Pauline Plunkett (1889-) in 1911;[3] they were divorced in 1924.[4]

Military service

He served in the First AIF. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) on 17 June 1918.[5]

Death

He died at Redfern, New South Wales on 24 January 1954.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.278.
  2. ^ Hogan (1996), p.73.]
  3. ^ Marriages: Fisher—Plunkett, The Age, (Saturday, 3 July 1911), p.7.
  4. ^ Divorce Court, The Argus, (Saturday, 15 November 1924), p.37.
  5. ^ "No.981 Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant E. E. Fisher, Infantry", Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No.173, (Thursday, 7 November 1918), p.2114.
  6. ^ Funerals: Fisher, The Sydney Morning Herald, (27 January 1954), p.36.

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