Horace Edmonds

Horace Stephens 'Tubby' Edmonds (23 December 1908 – 13 July 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1929 and 1934 for the Collingwood Football Club, between 1934 and 1935 for the Richmond Football Club and one game for the Footscray Football Club in 1937.[1]

Horrie Edmonds
Edmonds during his Collingwood career
Personal information
Full name Horace Stephens Edmonds
Nickname(s) Tubby
Date of birth 23 December 1908
Place of birth Diamond Creek, Victoria
Date of death 13 July 1975(1975-07-13) (aged 66)
Place of death Bundoora, Victoria
Original team(s) Middle Park CYMS / Diamond Creek
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 84.5 kg (186 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1929–1934 Collingwood 079 (124)
1934–1935 Richmond 030 0(20)
1937 Footscray 001 00(0)
Total 110 (144)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Neil Flower Edmonds (1871-1918),[2] and Johannah "Annie" Edmonds (1873-1951), née Long, later Mrs. William Merriman,[3] Horace Stephens Edmonds was born at Diamond Creek, Victoria on 23 December 1908.

Horace Edmonds married to Jessie Adeline Williams (1910-1993) in 1931. They had two sons, William (b.1938) and Robert (1946-2006). Robert played a short time for Richmond Reserves.

Football

Richmond (VFL)

He was granted a clearance from Collingwood to Richmond on 30 June 1934.[4]

Brighton (VFA)

Cleared from Sandringham in June 1938, he played two senior games for Brighton in 1938.

Hawthorn (VFL)

He played in two games fir the Hawthorn Reserves in 1959, at the age of 51.[5]

Recognition

He was awarded a Richmond Life Membership posthumously in 2018.

Footnotes
  1. Hogan (1996), pp.65-66.
  2. Deaths: Edmonds, The Age, (Monday, 10 June 1918), p.1.
  3. Deaths: Merriman, The Argus, (Saturday, 3 February 1951), p.17.
  4. 'Old Boy', "Rush for Clearances: Last Day of Season: Edmonds Goes to Richmond", The Argus, (Monday, 2 July 1934), p.13.
  5. Hogan (1996), p.66.

References
  • Alf Brown, "The Man who stayed on the Fence makes a Comeback", The Herald, (Tuesday, 1 September 1953), p.18.
  • Veteran in Action, The Herald, (Wednesday, 2 September 1953), p.24.
  • Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
  • World War Two Nominal Roll: Corporal Horace Stephen Edmonds (VX130535/V340226), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
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