Eric Roscoe
| Eric Roscoe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Eric Roscoe | ||
| Date of birth | 27 December 1922 | ||
| Place of birth | Clifton Hill, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 11 May 2000 (aged 77) | ||
| Original team(s) | Shepparton | ||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1948–49 | Melbourne | 17 (11) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Eric Roscoe (27 December 1922 – 11 May 2000)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
Family[edit]
The son of Ellen Emma Roscoe (1899-1948), later Mrs. Joseph Winton, Eric Roscoe was born at Clifton Hill, Victoria on 27 December 1922. He married Edith Lila Wood in 1950.
War Service[edit]
Roscoe enlisted in the Australian Army in November 1941 at the age of 18 and served in both New Guinea and the Solomon Islands until his discharge in 1946.[3]
Football[edit]
Roscoe won the 1947 Central Goulburn Valley Football League best and fairest award, when playing for Shepparton Football Club.[4] Roscoe then moved to Melbourne where he played a total of 17 games over two seasons in the Victorian Football League.
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Eric Roscoe – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2009), p.722.
- ^ Nominal Roll.
- ^ "1947 - CGVFL - Best & Fairest Award". Shepparton Advertiser. 5 September 1947. p. 7. Retrieved 22 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
References[edit]
- 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.
- "World War II Nominal Roll: Private Eric Roscoe (V330491)". Department of Veterans' Affairs.
- B884, V330491: World War Two Service Record: Private Eric Roscoe (V330491), National Archives of Australia.
External links[edit]
- Eric Roscoe's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Eric Roscoe, at Demonwiki.