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Ted Freyer

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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, 1938–1941 & 1945 Port Melbourne 083 (463)
1929–1937 Essendon 124 (372)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
Career highlights
  • 2x VFA leading goalkicker: 1938, 1940
  • 5x Essendon leading goalkicker: 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936
  • Essendon Most Serviceable Player: 1934
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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

Family

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The sixth of the seven children of Peter Henry Freyer (1869-1945),[1] and Mary Freyer (1871-1928), née Suffolk,[2] 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.[3]

Football

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Essendon (VFL)

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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[4] — 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)

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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

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

Death

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He died at Smeaton, Victoria on 22 April 1984.

Notes

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References

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  • 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.
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