Edward Hewitt Parker (7 November 1903 – 16 May 1929) 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
Melbourne in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
Parker was the son of prominent Richmond VFA footballer James Hewitt Parker (1872–1911) and Mary Ellen Mahon (1874–1958).
He lost both of his legs to a circular saw in a construction site accident at Mitta Junction in 1929 and died of his injuries at Albury District Hospital.
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1903 births
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club players
Accidental deaths in New South Wales
Industrial accident deaths
1929 deaths
People from Richmond, Victoria
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