Ernest George "Puffer" Elliott (3 January 1900 – 17 November 1980) 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

Fitzroy Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to: People As a given name *Several members of the Somerset family (Dukes of Beaufort) have this as a middle-name: **FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855) ** Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beau ...

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). Elliott was a half back flanker in Fitzroy's 1922 VFL premiership winning side. He also played in the

1923 VFL Grand Final The 1923 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 20 October 1923. It was the 26th annual Grand Final o ...

, but this time finished on the losing team.AFL Tables: Ern Elliott
/ref> An eight time VFL representative, he made appearances at the 1924 Hobart Carnival. Elliott coached the

Wangaratta Football Club The Wangaratta Magpies Football Club, officially known as the Wangaratta Magpies Football & Netball Club, is an Australian rules football club, which first played in the Ovens and Murray Football League in 1893 and is based in Wangaratta, Victori ...

in the

Ovens & Murray Football League The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales and the Ovens and Murray are ...

in 1928 and he later played with Camberwell in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).

References

External links

*
Ern Elliott's playing statistics
from The VFA Project Fitzroy fc 1922 colored

1900 births 1980 deaths Fitzroy Football Club players Fitzroy Football Club Premiership players Australian rules footballers from Melbourne One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players Camberwell Football Club players People from South Melbourne {{AFL-bio-1900-stub