Ted Greeves

Edward Goderich Greeves (16 Disamba 1878 - 11 Agusta 1935) ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na Australiya wanda ya buga wasa da Geelong a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Victorian (VFL).

 Shekaru na farko 
Greeves, ɗan Edward Goderich da Julia Anderson, an haife shi a Skipton, Victoria, a ranar 16 ga Disamba 1878.

Ya kasance sanannen ɗan wasa a Kwalejin Geelong, wanda ya shiga a 1890, kyaftin din ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa, kuma ya lashe Kofin Kwalejin a 1897. 

 Ayyukan VFL 
Greeves ya fara buga wa Geelong a cikin jerin wasannin karshe na VFL na 1897, gasar zagaye-zagaye tsakanin manyan bangarori hudu na league. Geelong, wanda ya rasa wasan farko ga Essendon, ya kira kyaftin din Kwalejin Geelong mai shekaru 18 don wasan su na biyu na jerin, da Melbourne a Brunswick Street Oval .  Da yake wasa a matsayin mai goyon baya, an ruwaito Greeves ya yi kyau a matsayinsa, tare da gefen Geelong da ke samun nasara ta maki tara don ci gaba da kasancewa a cikin tseren don firaministan. Ya ci gaba da zama a cikin tawagar a zagaye na uku da na karshe na jerin, inda Geelong ya ci Collingwood a Gabashin Melbourne, nasarar da ta isa kawai don tabbatar da matsayi na biyu ga Geelong, kamar yadda Essendon ya kasance ba a ci nasara ba.

A cikin kakar 1898, Greeves ya sami damarsa ta farko a zagaye na biyar a kan Fitzroy kuma Geelong Advertiser ya bayyana shi a matsayin wanda ya buga "wasan ban mamaki" a matsayin mai tafiya, amma ba zai sake bayyana ba har tsawon watanni biyu.[undefined] Ya buga wasanni uku ga Geelong a ƙarshen kakar, ciki har da mafi kyawun wasan kwaikwayo a cikin nasara a kan Melbourne, wanda ya buga a matsayin mai tsakiya.[2][1]

Tare da alkawuransa na Kwalejin Geelong, Greeves ya kasance na yau da kullun a cikin ƙungiyar Geelong a shekara ta 1899, kakar wasa ta ƙarshe. Ya buga wasanni 14, na karshe ya kasance mai rikodin rikodin a kan St Kilda, maki 162 zuwa 1, wanda zai kasance na tsawon shekaru 20.

 Rayuwa ta baya 
Greeves ta auri Frances Adaline Nasmith a ranar 28 ga Janairun 1903, a Ikilisiyar Scots, Collins Street, Melbourne. Ma'auratan sun zauna a Warragul.

An haifi ɗansu na fari, Edward Jr., daga baya a wannan shekarar. Ya lashe lambar yabo ta Brownlow a 1924 kuma ya zama Geelong Legend da Australian Football Hall of Famer. 

A ranar 11 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1935, Greeves ya mutu a Geelong yana da shekaru 56. 

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