Edward Greeves

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Edward Greeves

Personal information
Birth	November 1, 1903(1903-11-01), Warragul, Victoria
Recruited from	Geelong College
Height and weight	176cm/76kg
Death	April 15, 1963 (aged 59), Ararat, Victoria
Playing career¹
Debut	1923, Geelong vs. Essendon, at
Team(s)	Geelong (1923-1931) 124 games, 17 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1931 season
Career highlights
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 Century

Edward "Carji" Greeves (November 1, 1903 - April 15, 1963) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was the winner of the inaugural Brownlow Medal in 1924, for the best and fairest player in the VFL (now the Australian 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. ^[1]

Greeves was honoured with having the Geelong Football Club's Best and Fairest award named after him, the Carji Greeves Medal. In 1996 Greeves was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

Greeves represented Victoria seven times.

[edit] References

1. ^ Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers, p. 71. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X. 

• AFL site: Australian Football Hall of Fame

[edit] External links

• Australian Dictionary of Biography: Greeves, Edward Goderich (Carji) (1903 - 1963)

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