Eric Watson (footballer)

Eric Watson
Personal information
Full name Eric Leslie Watson
Date of birth (1893-09-11)11 September 1893
Place of birth Kew, Victoria
Date of death January 1971 (aged 77)
Place of death Mere, Wiltshire
Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1911 Fitzroy 1 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Eric Leslie Watson (11 September 1893 – January 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Fitzroy (VFL)

He made his debut, as one of the seven new players for Fitzroy — i.e., Ernie Everett, Jack Furness, Cliff Hutton, Frank Lamont, Tom Moloughney, Danny Murphy, and Eric Watson[2] — against Melbourne on 29 April 1911.

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 928. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ League Matches, The Australasian, (Saturday, 6 May 1911), p.23.


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