Ned Officer

Ned Officer
Personal information
Full name	Edward Albert Officer
Date of birth	29 March 1869
Place of birth	Warrnambool, Victoria
Date of death	10 June 1927 (aged 58)
Place of death	Perth, Western Australia
Original team(s)	Warrnambool (HFL) Geelong College
Position(s)	Full-back
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1897–1898	Essendon	18 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1898 season.
Career highlights
Essendon premiership player 1897

Edward Albert "Ned" Officer (29 March 1869 – 10 June 1927) was an Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club in both the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and the Victorian Football League (VFL). In the first year of the VFL competition, he became one of the club's and leagues first premiership players, during the 1897 VFL season, under the captaincy of George Stuckey. Officer made his debut against Geelong in Round 1 of the season, at Corio Oval.^[1]

After retiring from football, Officer moved to Perth and practiced as a physician until his death in 1927.^[2]

References

1. "OFFICER, Ned A.". Essendon FC. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
2. "DEATH OF DR. E. A. OFFICER.". The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 18 June 1927. p. 39.

External links

• Officer, Ned; Past Player Profiles, Essendon Football Club
• Ned Officer's statistics from AFL Tables