David Ellis (Australian footballer)

David Ellis
David Ellis
Personal information
Full name	David Ellis
Date of birth	11 November 1949 (age 68)
Original team(s)	Sandringham
Height	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Position(s)	Ruck
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1977.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Last updated March 23, 2019

David Ellis (born 11 November 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1] After completing his University studies at La Trobe University he left Victoria to become the Chief Medical Scientist in charge of the National Mycology Reference Unit based at the Adelaide Children's Hospital.

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club plays in the Australian Football League, the sport's premier league.

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

Notes

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 258. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links

David Ellis's playing statistics from AFL Tables
David Ellis at AustralianFootball.com

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[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 258. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.