Edward Pruen Cordner (31 January 1919 – 4 March 1996)[1][2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.

Ted Cordner
Personal information
Full name	Edward Pruen Cordner
Date of birth	31 January 1919
Place of birth	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Date of death	4 March 1996(1996-03-04) (aged 77)
Place of death	Greensborough, Victoria
Original team(s)	University Blacks
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1941–43, 1946	Melbourne	52 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The older brother of Melbourne Team of the Century members Denis and Don Cordner, Ted would have played more than 52 games had he not pursued a medical career. His youngest brother was John.[3][4]

He married Elizabeth Anne Baillieu on 4 December 1951.[5]

Football

Cordner joined the club in 1941 and was a member of their premiership winning side. He missed the entire 1944 and 1945 seasons due to him being busy serving as a naval doctor but managed to play 19 games in 1946 as well as representing Victoria in an interstate match.

Footnotes

References

• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ted Cordner.

• Ted Cordner's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Ted Cordner at AustralianFootball.com
• Ted Cordner, at Demonwiki.

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