Ernie Schunke

Ernie Schunke
Personal information
Full name Ernest Winfred Schunke[1]
Date of birth (1882-10-26)26 October 1882
Date of death 6 November 1922(1922-11-06) (aged 40)
Original team(s) Carlton Districts
Height 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1909 Richmond 6 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1909.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ernest Winfred Schunke (26 October 1882 – 6 November 1922) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He has the unusual distinction of having been a VFL umpire, before his VFL playing career.[2]

Biography

The son of August Henry Schunke, a butcher, Ernest grew up with three siblings, Charlie, Eddie and Rose.[1]

Schunke was a boundary umpire for 11 games in the 1904 VFL season.[2] It was the year that the VFL introduced boundary umpires.[3]

Although Schunke came from Carlton Districts and had a brother Charlie that played for Carlton, it was with Richmond that he made his six appearances as a player.[4] He played in the final six rounds of the 1909 VFL season.[5]

He was killed in a work accident at the James Moore and Son's timber yards in South Melbourne on 6 November 1922.[6] A cutting knife from a shaping machine which had come loose flew through the air and struck him just above the heart.[7]

Schunke had a wife Nellie and two children, Joy and Ivy.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Family Notices". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 7 November 1922. p. 1. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 "AFLUA Player umpires: Ernest Schunke". AFLUA. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 – The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.
  4. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  5. ↑ "Ernie Schunke – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Latest News". The Horsham Times. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 7 November 1922. p. 5. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Timber Mill Fatality". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 24 November 1922. p. 7. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
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