- Edward Greeves
Infobox afl player | firstname = Edward
lastname = Greeves
image size = 100
birthdate = birth date|1903|11|1|df=y
birthplace = Warragul, Victoria
originalteam =Geelong College
heightweight = 176cm/76kg
dead = dead
deathdate = death date and age|df=yes|1963|4|15|1903|11|1
deathplace = Ararat, Victoria
debutdate = 1923
debutteam = Geelong
debutopponent = Essendon
debutstadium =
playingteams = Geelong (1923-1931)124 games, 17 goals
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = 1931
careerhighlights =
*Brownlow Medal , 1924
* Runner-up Brownlow Medal 1925, 1926, 1928
* Geelong premiership player 1925, 1931
*Inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame
*Geelong Team of the CenturyEdward "Carji" Greeves (1 November 1903 - 15 April 1963) was an
Australian rules football er in the Victorian Football League. He was the winner of the inauguralBrownlow Medal in 1924, for thebest and fairest player in the VFL (now theAustralian Football League ).Greeves played with the
Geelong Football Club from 1923-31 and wore jumper number 20.Best known by the nickname E "Carji" Greeves, he was given the nickname as a baby by a friend of the family, the New South Wales golfer Michael Scott, after he had seen "Carjillo, the Rajah of Bong", a popular play of the day. [ cite book |last=Ross |first=John |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Australian Football Hall of Fame |year=1999 |publisher=HarperCollinsPublishers |location=Australia |id=ISBN 0-7322-6426-X | pages=p. 71 ]
Greeves was honoured with having the
Geelong Football Club 'sBest and Fairest award named after him, theCarji Greeves Medal . In 1996 Greeves was inducted into theAustralian Football Hall of Fame .Greeves represented Victoria seven times.
References
* [http://prod.www.afl.cfour.com.au/Season2007/Awards/HallofFame/Players/tabid/856/Default.aspx AFL site: Australian Football Hall of Fame]
External links
* [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090101b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography: Greeves, Edward Goderich (Carji) (1903 - 1963)]
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