Ernie Hug
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Ernie Hug | ||
| Date of birth | 4 March 1944 | ||
| Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
| Place of death | Heyfield, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | St Pat's | ||
| Height/Weight | 193 cm / 87 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Ruck / Defence | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1963-65, 1967-70 1971 Total |
Collingwood South Melbourne |
59 (5) 15 (0) 74 (5) |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1971 season.
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Ernie Hug (4 March 1944 – 17 June 1978) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]
His son, Ernie, Jr. was drafted to Collingwood under the father-son rule in 1989, but never played senior football for Collingwood. He was later drafted by Sydney and then Hawthorn, but never made his AFL debut. His other son Peter, died in 1999 from injuries sustained during a football match.[2]
He died in 1978 after an tractor accident on his cattle farm in Heyfield, Victoria.[3]
Notes
External links
- Ernie Hug's statistics from AFL Tables
- Profile at Collingwood Forever
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