Ted Sivies

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Ted Sivies
Personal information
Full name Edward Alexander Sivies
Date of birth (1902-06-17)17 June 1902
Place of birth Williamstown, Victoria
Date of death 14 July 1951(1951-07-14) (aged 49)
Place of death Yarraville, Victoria
Original team(s) Footscray (VFA)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1924 South Melbourne 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1924.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edward Alexander Sivies (17 June 1902 – 14 July 1951) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family[edit]

The son of Alexander Sivies (1875-1943),[2] and Henrietta Elisabeth Sivies (1881-1954),[3][4] née Wooster, Edward Alexander Sivies was born at Williamstown, Victoria on 17 June 1902.

He married Alice Maude Cook (1901-1991) in 1924.

Football[edit]

Originally from the Williamstown Juniors in the Victorian Junior Football Association, Sivies began his senior career at Footscray in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), signing with the club and assuming the full back position in the club's 1923 premiership campaign,[5] in the absence of regular full back Jack Meuleman who missed the season with illness.[6] Upon Meuleman's return in 1924 — and with Sivies not selected in the Footscray list of players for the 1924 season — Sivies sought a clearance to VFL club South Melbourne. It was granted on 14 May 1924.[7] After a single game and less than two months with the club, he was cleared again, this time to VFA club Port Melbourne where he played in late 1924.[8][9][10][11][12][13]

Death[edit]

He died at Yarraville, Victoria on 14 July 1951.[14][15]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.821.
  2. ^ Deaths: Sivies, The Argus, (Tuesday, 14 December 1943), p.2.
  3. ^ Marriages: Sivies—Wooster, The Age, (Saturday, 23 November 1901), p.5.
  4. ^ Deaths: Sivies, The Age, (Wednesday, 27 January 1954), p.13.
  5. ^ "Footscray made no mistake about Port in Grand Final". The Sun News-Pictorial. 1 October 1923. p. 19.
  6. ^ "Sivies of Footscray". The Age. 8 May 1924. p. 7.
  7. ^ Football, The Age, (Thursday, 15 May 1924), p.7.
  8. ^ "Sivies to Port Melbourne". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. 30 June 1924. p. 6.
  9. ^ League Permits, The (Melbourne) Sun News-Pictorial, (Thursday, 3 July 1924), p.8.
  10. ^ The Teams: Port Melbourne v. Prahran, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday, 4 July 1924), p.5.
  11. ^ Ports v. Prahran, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 5 July 1924), p.2.
  12. ^ 'Ciem', "Ports First Century!", The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 5 July 1924), pp.1-2.
  13. ^ Notes, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 5 July 1924), p.2.
  14. ^ Deaths: Sivies, The Argus, (Monday, 16 July 1951), p.15.
  15. ^ Deaths: Sivies, The Williamstown Advertiser, (Friday, 20 July 1951), p.4.

References[edit]

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

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