Eddie Prescott

Edward Charles Prescott (9 December 1880 – 21 June 1919) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Eddie Prescott
Prescott in 1904
Personal information
Full name Edward Charles Prescott
Date of birth (1880-12-09)9 December 1880
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 21 June 1919(1919-06-21) (aged 38)
Place of death South Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s) Williamstown
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1904 Carlton 11 (9)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Charles Edward Prescott, and Minnie Prescott, née Keily,[2][3] Edward Charles Prescott was born in Melbourne on 9 December 1880.

Football

Wiiliamstown (VFA)

He played for Williamstown Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1902 and 1903.

Carlton (VFL)

In June 1904 the VFA permit committee refused to grant Prescott a clearance to transfer from Williamstown to North Melbourne (which at the time, was also a VFA club);[4] however, several weeks later it granted Prescott a clearance to play with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

In his single season with Carlton (1904), he played in 11 games and kicked 9 goals, and his last match was in the 1904 Grand Final against Fitzroy on 17 September 1904, in which he kicked one of Carlton's five goals (Carlton lost to Fitzroy: 5.7 (37) to 9.7 (61)).

Death

He died at South Melbourne, Victoria on 21 June 1919.[5]

Notes
  1. Holmesby & Main (2009), p.677.
  2. Marriages: Prescott—Keily, The Australasian, (Saturday, 20 December 1879), p.27.
  3. The Divorce Court, Prescott v. Prescott, The Argus, (Tuesday, 7 November 1893), p.3.
  4. Football Association, The Age, (Saturday, 4 June 1904) p.14; Football, The Williamstown Chronicle, (Saturday, 11 June 1904), p.3.
  5. Deaths: Prescott, The Argus, (Tuesday, 24 June 1919), p.1.

References
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
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