Edward Page Heffernan (16 May 1869 – 16 May 1904) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2009), p.364.
Family The son of Thomas Heffernan (1832–1892),Deaths: Heffernan, The Age, (Monday, 16 May 1892), p.1. a policeman, and Mary Heffernan (1834–1875), née Minogue,Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria: Deaths Registration no.11123/1875. Edward Page Heffernan was born at Gisborne, Victoria on 16 May 1869.Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria: Births Registration ("Edward Page Heffernan") no.8881/1869.
He married Margaret Celia Berwick (1873–1948), later Mrs. William Francis Fuseo, in 1897.Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria: Marriages Registration ("Richard Page Heffernan") no.3140/1897.Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria: Marriages Registration ("Margaret Heffernan") no.9652/1907; [William Francis Fuseo (1877-1961)].Deaths: Fuseo, The Age, (Friday, 4 June 1948), p.. 2. They had two daughters.
Football Carlton (VFA) Recruited from Fitzroy Juniors in 1894, he played at least 23 senior games for Carlton in the VFA over three seasons (1894 to 1896).Blueseum.Pennings (2016), pp. 390, 521.
Carlton (VFL) He played 2 senior games for Carlton in the VFL, including the team's first-ever match in the VFL's inaugural season, against Fitzroy, at the Brunswick Street Oval, on 8 May 1897.AFL Tables: Carlton: Player Details: Round 1, 1897.
Death He died at Princes Hill on his 35th birthday, 16 May 1904.Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria: Deaths Registration ("Richard Page Heffernan") no.6277/1904.
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References
Pennings, Mark (2016), Origins of Australian Football: Victoria's early History: Volume 4: Tough Times: Victorian Football loses its Way, 1891 to 1896, Brunswick, Victoria: Grumpy Monks Publishing.
External links
Ted Heffernan's profile at Blueseum