Eddie Morcom
Personal information
Full name Edwin James Morcom
Date of birth (1917-05-17)17 May 1917
Place of birth Carlton, Victoria
Date of death 20 August 2007(2007-08-20) (aged 90)
Original team(s) Brunswick
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Position(s) Half back / Half forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1937–39, 1944–45 North Melbourne 75 (18)
1946 Brunswick (VFA) 16 (17)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edwin James Morcom (17 May 1917 – 20 August 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Morcoms's career at North Melbourne was interrupted by his service in the Australian Army during World War II, where he served in Palestine and Greece.[2]

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 628. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "World War II Roll: Edwin James Morcom". Department of Veterans Affairs.
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