Edgar Stubbs Explained

Edgar Stubbs
Fullname:	Ernest Edgar Stubbs
Birth Date:	28 March 1883
Birth Place:	Ballarat East, Victoria
Death Place:	St George, Queensland
Originalteam:	Beaufort, Ballarat Imperial
Statsend:	1906
Years1:	1906
Games Goals1:	5 (3)

Ernest Edgar Stubbs (28 March 1883 – 13 September 1955) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Albert Charles Stubbs (1856-1922),^[2] and Maria Stubbs (1862-1939), née Hazelgrove,^[3] Ernest Edgar Stubbs was born in Ballarat East, Victoria on 28 March 1883.

He married Eva Ethel Maud McDonald on 29 June 1925.^[4]

Football

On 4 July 1906, Stubbs was granted a clearance from Ballarat Imperial Football Club to play with Geelong,^[5] and he played his first match against Essendon on 7 July 1906. He played five games in all, with his last appearance in a team that was thrashed by South Melbourne, 14.17 (101) to 5.8 (38), on 4 August 1906.

In 1907 he was playing with the Golden Point Football Club in the Ballarat Football Association.^[6]

Death

He died at St George, Queensland on 13 September 1955.^[7]

References

• Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.

Notes and References

1. Holmesby (2014), p.857.
2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20550142 Personal, The Brisbane Courier, Tuesday, 21 March 1922), p.11.
3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/40893152 Deaths: Stubbs, The Courier-Mail, (Friday, 29 September 1939), p.22
4. https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/70f3b0f6b6dd2787d88cd93092c969b6311fe5fefa57a3bdee8b232409308a33 Marriage Registration: Eva Ethel Maud McDonald, Queensland Government.
5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9667091 Football: Victorian League, The Argus, (Thursday, 5 July 1906), p.3.
6. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/210895846 Football, The Ballarat Star, (Saturday, 20 April 1907), p.10.
7. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/215345757 Obituary: Mr. Edgar Ernest (sic) Stubbs, The Balonne Beacon, (Thursday, 22 September 1955), p.1.