heightweight death_date years clubs birth_place statsend originalteam birth_date article_title name
170 cm / 74 kg 27 july 1948 1901 '' ' -- 1903 1904 -- 1909 '' ` total essendon carlton parkville 1909 north melbourne juniors 7 september 1877 ted kennedy -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 ted kennedy
ted kennedy -lrb- footballer -rrb-

edwin `` ted '' kennedy -lrb- 7 september 1877 -- 27 july 1948 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played for essendon and carlton in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- during the early 1900s .
he was the brother of footballer and politician james kennedy .
a wingman , kennedy made his vfl debut with essendon in their premiership year of 1901 but missed out on playing in the grand final due to injury .
he did however play in the decider the following season but ended up on the losing team .
in 1904 he crossed to carlton and became a three time premiership player with the club , forming a strong centre combination with george bruce and rod mcgregor .
