| Ted Buckley | |
| Fullname: | Edmund Thomas Buckley |
| Birth Date: | 23 June 1912 |
| Birth Place: | Lauriston, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Prahran, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Kyneton |
| Height: | 177 cm |
| Weight: | 72 kg |
| Position: | wing |
| Statsend: | 1939 |
| Years1: | 1937–39 |
| Games Goals1: | 38 (3) |
Edmund Thomas "Ted" Buckley (23 June 1912 – 4 February 1984)[1] was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
The son of Patrick Joseph Buckley (1857-1917),[3] Catherine Amelia Buckley (1874-1944), née Welch,[4] Edmund Thomas Buckley was born at Lauriston, Victoria on 23 June 1912.
He married Mabel Elizabeth Spears on 6 July 1940.
He played for five seasons with the Kyneton Football Club in the Bendigo Football League.[5] [6] [7] [8]
He made his debut for Melbourne against Collingwood, at the MCG, on 22 May 1937.
In September 1937, The Argus selected Buckley in its team of 1937's first-year players.[9]
| Best First-Year Players (1937) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backs | Bernie Treweek (Fitzroy) | Reg Henderson (Richmond) | Lawrence Morgan (Fitzroy) | |
| H/Backs | Gordon Waters (Hawthorn) | Bill Cahill (Essendon) | Eddie Morcom (North Melbourne) | |
| Centre Line | Ted Buckley (Melbourne) | George Bates (Richmond) | Jack Kelly (St Kilda) | |
| H/Forwards | Col Williamson (St Kilda) | Ray Watts (Essendon) | Don Dilks (Footscray) | |
| Forwards | Lou Sleeth (Richmond) | Sel Murray (North Melbourne) | Charlie Pierce (Hawthorn) | |
| Rucks/Rover | Reg Garvin (St Kilda) | Sandy Patterson (South Melbourne) | Des Fothergill (Collingwood) | |
| Second Ruck | Lawrence Morgan | Col Williamson | Lou Sleeth |
On 30 April 1941, he was cleared from Melbourne to the Brighton Football Club.[10]
He died at the Alfred Hospital, in Prahran, Victoria, on 4 February 1984.[11]