Teddy Purcell (footballer)

Teddy Purcell
Personal information
Full name	Teddy Purcell
Date of birth	(1896-06-15)15 June 1896
Date of death	10 May 1933(1933-05-10) (aged 36)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1916–1917	Fitzroy	18 (2)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1917.
Career highlights
Fitzroy premiership player 1916

Teddy 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 Carlton in Round 1 of the 1916 VFL season, at Princes Park.^[1]

References

Fitzroy Football Club 1916 VFL premiers

Fitzroy 12.13 (85) defeated Carlton 8.8 (56), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Buist 5. Jenkin 6. Purcell 8. Bamford 11. Lenne 14. Johnson (c) 16. King 16. Moore 17. Shaw 19. McLennan 20. Parratt 21. Heaney 22. Norris 23. McDonald 26. Millen 28. Lowrie 29. O'Dee 30. Holden

Coach: Holden

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