| Percy Cheffers | |
| Fullname: | Percy Theodore Cheffers[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1 June 1913 |
| Death Place: | Fitzroy, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Melbourne's reserves |
| Height: | 178 cm |
| Weight: | 73 kg |
| Statsend: | 1938 |
| Years1: | 1936–38 |
| Games Goals1: | 8 (0) |
Percy Cheffers (1 June 1913 – 18 October 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2] Before joining St Kilda, Cheffers played with Melbourne's reserves side, winning a VFL seconds premiership in 1935.[3] [4]
During World War II, Cheffers started as a private in the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) in 1940 for the Australian Sixth Division, in the 2/2nd Field Workshops, RAEME. He rose to the rank of warrant officer class I in charge of around 18 people who repaired radios for the Australian Ninth Division. He saw action in Libya, Palestine, New Guinea and Borneo.[5] [6] [7]
Percy married Mary Ellen Braines in the 1930s and had four children with her. He married his second wife, Audrey, in the 1950s. He diedin a house fire in Fitzroy in 1965.
His son, John Cheffers, became a noted sports academician.