Edmund Thomas "Ted" Buckley (23 June 1912 – 4 February 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family The son of Patrick Joseph Buckley (1857-1917),Death Notices: Buckley, The Kyneton Guardian, (Saturday, 26 May 1917), p.2. Catherine Amelia Buckley (1874-1944), née Welch,Deaths: Buckley, The Argus, (Thursday, 20 July 1944), p.2. Edmund Thomas Buckley was born at Lauriston, Victoria on 23 June 1912.
He married Mabel Elizabeth Spears on 6 July 1940.
Football Kyneton (BFL) He played for five seasons with the Kyneton Football Club in the Bendigo Football League.(Kyneton Football Team Photograph), The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 25 June 1932), p.37.(Kyneton Football Team Photograph), The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 6 May 1933), p.31.(Kyneton Football Team Photograph), The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 7 July 1934), p.37.(Kyneton Football Team Photograph), The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 8 June 1935), p.37.
Melbourne (VFL) He made his debut for Melbourne against Collingwood, at the MCG, on 22 May 1937.
1937 Best First-Year Players In September 1937, The Argus selected Buckley in its team of 1937's first-year players.Football Season's Many Good Recruits, The Argus, (Tuesday, 7 September 1937), p.14.
Best First-Year Players (1937)BacksBernie Treweek(Fitzroy)Reg Henderson(Richmond)Lawrence Morgan(Fitzroy)H/BacksGordon Waters(Hawthorn)Bill Cahill(Essendon)Eddie Morcom(North Melbourne)Centre LineTed Buckley(Melbourne)George Bates(Richmond)Jack Kelly(St Kilda)H/ForwardsCol Williamson(St Kilda)Ray Watts(Essendon)Don Dilks(Footscray)ForwardsLou Sleeth(Richmond)Sel Murray(North Melbourne)Charlie Pierce(Hawthorn)Rucks/RoverReg Garvin(St Kilda)Sandy Patterson(South Melbourne)Des Fothergill(Collingwood)Second RuckLawrence MorganCol WilliamsonLou Sleeth
Brighton (VFA) On 30 April 1941, he was cleared from Melbourne to the Brighton Football Club.Essendon or Preston, The Age, (Thursday, 1 May 1941), p.4.
Death He died at the Alfred Hospital, in Prahran, Victoria, on 4 February 1984.Deaths: Buckley, The Age, (Monday, 6 February 1984), p.14.
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External links
Ted Buckley, at Demonwiki.
E. (Ted) Buckley, at The VFA Project.