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Fullname: | Edward John Purcell |
Birth Date: | 15 June 1896 |
Birth Place: | Yarragon, Victoria |
Death Place: | Kew, Victoria[1] |
Statsend: | 1917 |
Years1: | 1916–1917 |
Games Goals1: | 18 (2) |
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Edward John Purcell (15 June 1896 – 10 May 1933) was an Australian rules football player at the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He became a premiership player at Fitroy, playing in the 1916 VFL Grand Final, under the captaincy of Wally Johnson, with George Holden as coach. Purcell made his debut against in Round 1 of the 1916 VFL season, at Princes Park.[2]