Ernest Edgar Stubbs (28 March 1883 – 13 September 1955) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby (2014), p.857.
Family The son of Albert Charles Stubbs (1856-1922),Personal, The Brisbane Courier, Tuesday, 21 March 1922), p.11. and Maria Stubbs (1862-1939), née Hazelgrove,Deaths: Stubbs, The Courier-Mail, (Friday, 29 September 1939), p.22; Obituary: Mrs. M. Stubs, The Beaudesert Times, (Friday, 6 October 1939), p.4. Ernest Edgar Stubbs was born in Ballarat East, Victoria on 28 March 1883.
He married Eva Ethel Maud McDonald on 29 June 1925.Marriage Registration: Eva Ethel Maud McDonald, Queensland Government.
Football On 4 July 1906, Stubbs was granted a clearance from Ballarat Imperial Football Club to play with Geelong,Football: Victorian League, The Argus, (Thursday, 5 July 1906), p.3. and he played his first match against Essendon on 7 July 1906. He played five games in all, with his last appearance in a team that was thrashed by South Melbourne, 14.17 (101) to 5.8 (38), on 4 August 1906.
In 1907 he was playing with the Golden Point Football Club in the Ballarat Football Association.Football, The Ballarat Star, (Saturday, 20 April 1907), p.10.
Death He died at St George, Queensland on 13 September 1955.Obituary: Mr. Edgar Ernest (sic) Stubbs, The Balonne Beacon, (Thursday, 22 September 1955), p.1.
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