Eric Little (footballer)

Eric Little
Personal information
Full name Eric Richard Little
Date of birth (1910-05-28)28 May 1910
Place of birth Eaglehawk, Victoria[1]
Date of death 10 April 1999(1999-04-10) (aged 88)
Original team(s) Coburg
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1931–1934 Carlton 25 (5)
1934 Kyneton ? (?)
1935 St Kilda 14 (1)
Total 39 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1935.
Career highlights
  • 1936 BFL Premiership
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Eric Richard Little (28 May 1910 – 10 April 1999)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]

Little "made a promising debut" in round 18 against St Kilda,[4] then went onto play in two finals matches for the Blues.

Little played for Kyneton in the second half of the 1934 season, after being cleared by Carlton.[5]

In 1935, Little played with St Kilda.[6]

Little was captain-coach of Kyneton in 1936 and 1937, winning the 1936 Bendigo Football League premiership.[7]

In March 1938, Little was appointed as captain-coach of Dimboola in the Wimmera Football League.[8]

Little then played with Coburg Football Club in the VFA in 1939 and 1940.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ "Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria". Government of Victoria.
  2. ^ "Eric Little - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  3. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 489. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  4. ^ "1931 - BLUES WIN IN RAIN STORM". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 14 September 1931. p. 12. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  5. ^ "1934 - Little for Kyneton". The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954). 23 June 1934. p. 26. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  6. ^ "1935 - Recruits who should shine". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954). 27 April 1935. p. 7. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  7. ^ "1936 - Kyneton Wins Bendigo League". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 19 October 1936. p. 5. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  8. ^ "1938 - E Little for Dimboola". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954). 19 March 1938. p. 73. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  9. ^ "1939 - Permits: Challenge by Hawthorn". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 22 April 1939. p. 28. Retrieved 12 August 2025.


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