Eric Vincent Shade (3 October 1912 – 10 March 1984) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with Footscray in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL). Shade later served in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II.

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Eric Shade's playing statistics
from The VFA Project 1912 births 1984 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Western Bulldogs players Williamstown Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1912-stub