years death_date clubs statsend name originalteam birth_date article_title heightweight
1941 -- 43 , 1946 4 march 1996 melbourne 1946 ted cordner university blacks 31 january 1919 ted cordner
 188 cm / 89 kg
ted cordner

ted cordner -lrb- 31 january 1919 -- 4 march 1996 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played with melbourne in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- during the 1940s .
the older brother of melbourne team of the century members denis and don cordner , ted would have played more than 52 games had he not pursued a medical career .
his youngest brother was john .
cordner joined the club in 1941 and was a member of their premiership winning side .
he missed the entire 1944 and 1945 seasons due to him being busy serving as a naval doctor but managed to play 19 games in 1946 as well as representing victoria in an interstate match .
