Ted Freyer

Ted Freyer
Personal information
Full name	Edward Laurence Freyer
Nickname(s)	Nipper
Date of birth	(1910-05-20)20 May 1910
Place of birth	Port Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death	22 May 1984(1984-05-22) (aged 74)
Place of death	Smeaton, Victoria
Original team(s)	Port Melbourne (VFA))
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1928–1929	Port Melbourne (VFA)	8  (10)
1929–1937	Essendon (VFL)	124 (372)
1938–1941	Port Melbourne (VFA)	61 (381)
1945	Port Melbourne (VFA)	14  (72)
Total		207 (835)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
Career highlights
Essendon Leading goalkicker: 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936 Essendon Most Servicable Player: 1934 VFA Leading goalkicker: 1938, 1940 Port Melbourne Semi-Final Team: 1940, 1945 Port Melbourne Preliminary Final Team: 1945 Port Melbourne Grand Final Team: 1940, 1941, 1945
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ted Freyer (20 May 1910 – 22 April 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL during the 1930s.

Family

The sixth of the seven children of Peter Henry Freyer (1869-1945), and Mary Freyer (1871-1928), née Suffolk, Edward Laurence Freyer was born at Port Melbourne, Victoria on 20 May 1910.

He married Elsie Olivia Holmes (1911-2001) in 1930.

His brother, Bill Freyer, played VFL football with South Melbourne and Footscray in the mid-1920s, and his son, Robert Alan Freyer (1937-2011), played for Port Melbourne in the VFA between 1958 and 1965.

Football

Essendon (VFL)

Freyer usually played in the forward pocket and topped Essendon's goalkicking in consecutive seasons from 1931 until 1934 and again in 1936.

He kicked 12 goals in one match in 1935 — he kicked 12.1 (73) against Melbourne, at the MCG, on 27 April 1935 — 8 goals once (1934), 7 goals four times (1931, 1934, 1935, and 1937), and 6 goals seven times (1931 (twice), 1933, 1936 (3 times), and 1937).

Port Melbourne (VFA)

In 1938, Freyer transferred Port Melbourne in the VFA without a clearance, at the start of the VFA's throw-pass era. He was a prolific goalkicker at Port Melbourne, and in 84 games managed 464 goals. In 1940, Freyer kicked 157 goals for Port, including 12 goals in the second semi-final and the Grand Final, to lead the VFA goalkicking for the season.

Military service

He served with the Australian army in New Guinea in World War Two.

Death

He died at Smeaton, Victoria on 22 April 1984

References

• Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
• World War Two Nominal Roll: Private Edward Lawrence (sic) Freyer (VX126742), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
• B883, VX126742: World War Two Service Record: Private Edward Lawrence (sic) Freyer (VX126742), National Archives of Australia.

External links

• Ted Freyer's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Ted Freyer at AustralianFootball.com
• Ted Fryer, at The VFA Project.