Carji Greeves
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 Carji Greeves | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Edward Goderich Greeves, Junior | ||
| Nickname(s) | Carji | ||
| Date of birth | 1 November 1903 | ||
| Place of birth | Warragul, Victoria, Australia | ||
| Date of death | 15 April 1963 (aged 59) | ||
| Place of death | Ararat, Victoria, Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Berrybank, Geelong College | ||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfield | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1923–33 | Geelong | 124 (17) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1933. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Edward Goderich "Carji" Greeves, Junior (1 November 1903 – 15 April 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), now known as he Australian Football League (AFL). He won the inaugural Brownlow Medal in 1924, awarded to the VFL/AFL player adjudged fairest and best during the home and away season. He is the son Ted Greeves who also played with the Geelong Football Club.
Greeves is the namesake of the Carji Greeves Medal, the Geelong Football Club's best and fairest award.
Family and personal life
In the 1860s, Greeves' grandmother Julie (née Anderson) was briefly engaged to Tom Wills, the famed cricketer and founder of Australian rules football. Historian Col Hutchinson noted that "If Tom Wills had married Julie, we wouldn't have had Carji Greeves".[1]
Greeves was given the nickname "Carji" as a baby by a friend of the family, the New South Wales golfer Michael Scott,[2] most likely after a character in A Country Girl, a popular musical play of the day.[3]
Greeves also attended The Geelong College after receiving his early education at the Struan Dam School, South of Lismore, Victoria where he was a schoolmate of Geelong champion, Reg Hickey.
Career
Greeves played with the Geelong Football Club from 1923–31 and wore jumper number 20.
Greeves was honoured with having the Geelong Football Club's best and fairest award named after him, the Carji Greeves Medal. In 1996 Greeves was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. He also won the first Brownlow Medal, the award given to the player deemed to be the "fairest and best." Best regards to the players being voted upon by officials for who was best on ground and fairest means that the player did not serve a suspension during the competition.
Greeves represented Victoria in interstate matches seven times.
References
- ^ Critchley, Cheryl (12 June 2013). "The mad catter" Archived 13 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, The Weekly Review. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
- ^ Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 71. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
- ^ http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/greeves-edward-goderich-carji-6476
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