Ted Politz
Personal information
Full name Edward Matthew Politz
Date of birth 28 July 1889
Place of birth Richmond, Victoria
Date of death 14 February 1967(1967-02-14) (aged 77)
Place of death St Kilda, Victoria
Original team(s) Yarraville
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1911–13 Melbourne 26 (19)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edward Matthew Politz (28 July 1889 – 14 February 1967) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of Charles Zapp Politz (1854-1916),[2] and Jane Politz (1856-1914), née Stewart,[3] Edward Matthew Politz was born on 28 July 1889.

He Married Elizabeth Agnes Stanley (1894-1983) in 1914.

Football

Recruited from Yarraville Football Club in the Victorian Junior Football Association,[4] he played his first senior match for Melbourne, against Geelong, on 1 July 1911.[5]

His twenty-sixth (and last) senior game for Melbourne was against Essendon, in the last round of the 1913 season, on 30 August 1913.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.711.
  2. ^ Deaths: Politz, The Argus, (Monday, 29 May 1916), p.1.
  3. ^ Married: Politz—Stewart, The Hamilton Spectator, (Thursday, 6 June 1878), p.2.
  4. ^ Rough Football, The Age, (Monday, 24 October 1910), p.5.
  5. ^ Geelong Beaten, The Geelong Advertiser, (Monday, 3 July 1911), p.3.
  6. ^ Football: Essendon's Narrow Margin: Melbourne Finish Strongly, The Argus, (Monday, 1 September 1913), p.7.

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