Ernie Hug
| Ernie Hug | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Ernie Hug | ||
| Date of birth | 4 March 1944 | ||
| Date of death | 17 June 1978 (aged 34) | ||
| Place of death | Heyfield, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | St Pat's | ||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Ruck / Defence | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1963–65, 1967–70 | Collingwood | 59 (5) | |
| 1971 | South Melbourne | 15 (0) | |
| Total | 74 (5) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1971. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Ernie Hug (4 March 1944 – 17 June 1978) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Hug's son, Ernie, Jr. was drafted to Collingwood under the father-son rule in 1989 but failed to play a senior match for Collingwood. His other son Peter, died in 1999 from injuries sustained during a football match.[2]
Hug died in 1978 after a tractor accident on his cattle farm in Heyfield, Victoria.[3]
Notes
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 415. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ Daffey, Paul (22 November 2003). "A bitter draft, without a debut".
- ^ "Football Loses Four Identities". Football Record (Round 12): 13. 24 June 1978.
External links
- Ernie Hug's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Profile at Collingwood Forever