Percy Trotter

Percy Trotter
Personal information
Full name	Percival George Trotter
Date of birth	1 September 1883
Place of birth	Fitzroy, Victoria
Date of death	27 August 1959 (aged 75)
Place of death	Willagee, Western Australia
Original team(s)	St Luke's Fitzroy
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1901-1906 1907-1909 1910-1919	Fitzroy Essendon Association East Fremantle	109 (145) 059 0(72)[1]
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919 season.
Career highlights
Fitzroy leading goalkicker 1902, 1903, 1904 & 1906 Fitzroy best and fairest winner 1903 Dual premiership player 1904 and 1905. VFL interstate representative (2 games 6 goals) Member of Fitzroy's Team of the Century

Percival George "Percy" Trotter (1 September 1883 – 27 August 1959)^[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL), Essendon Association in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).^[3][4]

Trotter played as a rover and was versatile in that he could kick well with both feet. He debuted in 1901 at the age of 18. In 2002 Trotter was named on the interchange bench in Fitzroy's official 'Team of the Century'.

Trotter's time with East Fremantle was interrupted by his service in World War I^[5] during which time he took part in the Pioneer Exhibition Game in London.

See also

• "Pioneer Exhibition Game" in London (1916)

References

1. "Premiership Players 1904 - 1930". West Australian Football Commission. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
2. "RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Trotter / Bewsher Family (Ireland, England & Australia)". RootsWeb.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
3. Donald, Chris (2002). Fitzroy: For The Love Of The Jumper. Pan Macmillan Australia. ISBN 978-1-877029-18-9.
4. "Australian Football - Percy Trotter - Player Bio". Australian Football.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
5. "Discovering Anzacs - Percy George Trotter".

• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

External links

• Percy Trotter's statistics from AFL Tables
• Percy Trotter's profile from AustralianFootball.com