Edward "Ted" Hopkins (born 27 May 1949) is retired former Australian rules footballer, businessman and writer. He is most notable for his four-goal effort in the second half of Carlton's remarkable victory in the

1970 VFL Grand Final The 1970 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on 26 September 1970. It was the 73rd annual Grand Final of the ...

. Ted currently resides in Melbourne and has one child, Erica Hopkins.

Football career

Hopkins, who came from Moe, played 29 senior games for the

Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition. Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Me ...

as a small rover. Hopkins is most famous for his performance in Carlton's victory over Collingwood in the

. Initially starting on the bench, Hopkins was substituted onto the ground as the 19th man for

Bert Thornley Gilbert Thomas 'Bert' Thornley (born 3 September 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the VFL. Football Thornley, a defender who could kick with both feet, was recruited to Carlton from East Fremantle Foo ...

at half-time. Within fifteen minutes, he had scored three goals, and assisted on another to Alex Jesaulenko – in a purple patch during which Carlton scored seven goals to erase Collingwood's 44-point half-time lead. He scored a fourth goal late in the final quarter, and Carlton would ultimately win the Grand Final by ten points. After the 1970 Grand Final, he played only one further game for Carlton before retiring from football to pursue other interests. He kicked a career total of 10 goals.

Media career

Hopkins has written several pieces of published fiction and poetry. He has also been employed as a journalist, publisher and radio presenter. His current project is TedSport,TedSport
/ref> focussing on high-performance sports analysis. He was also co-founder of Champion Books, the Backyard Press Printing Co-operative, and Champion Data, a sports-statistics firm that concentrates on Australian rules football.

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Carlton Football Club players Carlton Football Club Premiership players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Moe Football Club players 1949 births Living people One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub