Percy Trotter
| Percy Trotter | |||
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 Cigarette card of Trotter in 1905 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Percival George Trotter | ||
| Date of birth | 1 September 1883 | ||
| Place of birth | Fitzroy, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 27 August 1959 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Willagee, Western Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | St Luke's Fitzroy | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1901–1906 | Fitzroy | 109 (145) | |
| 1907–1909 | Essendon Association | ||
| 1910–1919 | East Fremantle | 59 (72)[1] | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Percival George "Percy" Trotter (1 September 1883 – 27 August 1959)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), Essendon Association in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).[3][4]
Trotter played as a rover and was versatile in that he could kick well with both feet. He debuted in 1901 at the age of 18. In 2002 Trotter was named on the interchange bench in Fitzroy's official 'Team of the Century'.
Trotter's time with East Fremantle was interrupted by his service in World War I[5] during which time he took part in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916. A news film was taken at the match.[6][7]
See also[]
- "Pioneer Exhibition Game" in London (1916)
Footnotes[]
- ^ "Premiership Players 1904 - 1930". West Australian Football Commission. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Trotter / Bewsher Family (Ireland, England & Australia)". RootsWeb.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ Donald, Chris (2002). Fitzroy: For The Love Of The Jumper. Pan Macmillan Australia. ISBN 978-1-877029-18-9.
- ^ "Australian Football - Percy Trotter - Player Bio". Australian Football.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "Discovering Anzacs - Percy George Trotter".
- ^ The original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916) on YouTube
- ^ The 2019 remastered and colourised version of the original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916), remastered and colourised version (2019) on YouTube
References[]
- Pioneer Exhibition Game Australian Football: in aid of British and French Red Cross Societies: 3rd Australian Division v. Australian Training Units at Queen's Club, West Kensington, on Saturday, October 28th, 1916, at 3pm, Wightman & Co., (London), 1919.
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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- 1883 births
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Fitzroy Football Club players
- Fitzroy Football Club Premiership players
- Participants in "Pioneer Exhibition Game" (London, 28 October 1916)
- Essendon Association Football Club players
- Mitchell Medal winners
- East Fremantle Football Club players
- 1959 deaths
- Australian military personnel of World War I
- Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
- Australian rules biography, 1883 birth stubs