Percy Cheffers

Percy Cheffers
Personal information
Full name Percy Theodore Cheffers[1]
Born (1913-06-01)1 June 1913
Died 18 October 1965(1965-10-18) (aged 52)
Fitzroy, Victoria
Original team Melbourne's reserves
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1936–38 St Kilda 8 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Percy Cheffers (1 June 1913 – 18 October 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2] Before joining St Kilda, Cheffers played with Melbourne's reserves side, winning a VFL seconds premiership in 1935.[3][4]

During World War II, Cheffers started as a private in the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) in 1940 for the Australian Sixth Division, in the 2/2nd Field Workshops, RAEME. He rose to the rank of warrant officer class I in charge of around 18 people who repaired radios for the Australian Ninth Division. He saw action in Libya, Palestine, New Guinea and Borneo.[5][6][7]

Percy married Mary Ellen Braines in the 1930s and had four children with her. He married his second wife, Audrey, in the 1950s. He died in a house fire in Fitzroy in 1965.

Percy received a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Swinburne Technical College in 1955[8]

His son, John Cheffers, became a noted sports academic.

Notes

  1. ^ Griffin, Megan (23 April 2012). "Former Saint honoured in ANZAC match". St Kilda Football Club. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. ^ Forward (4 October 1935). "League Seconds". The Age. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  4. ^ Spectator (7 October 1935). "League Seconds". The Argus. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  5. ^ Nominal Rolls Retrieved on 30 April 2016
  6. ^ Newspaper article showing VFL players who served in WWII Retrieved on 25 April 2017
  7. ^ Movements of Percy's Unit: url="https://www.birtwistlewiki.com.au/wiki/2/2nd_Australian_Infantry_Troops_Workshop", retrieved=20 September 2022
  8. ^ url="https://commons.swinburne.edu.au/file/bc525dd1-fcda-4d09-9349-34cec8962cea/1/open_door_1955-p008i0003_25-low.pdf", retrieved="26/08/2024"
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