Edward Absolom (30 August 1875 – 18 January 1927)[1] was an Australian rules footballer, Soldier and Farmer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and served in the 2nd Boer War.
Born in Mortlake, Victoria Edward 'Ted' Absolom (also 'Absalom') was one of 16 children born William and Mary Ann Absolom in Mortlake, Victoria.
After playing 11 games with the Collingwood Football Club in 1900, Absolom enlisted in the 1st Battalion, Kitchener's Fighting Scouts on 18 December 1900 in Salisbury, Rhodesia, where he was assigned the regimental number '2' and served 149 days until being medically discharge on 15 May 1901 in Bulawayo, Rhodesia.
[4] To date, Ted Absolom is not commemorated on any war memorials in his home town of Mortlake, Victoria.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1870s is a stub.