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Ernie Loveless

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Ernie Loveless
Personal information
Full name Ernest Joseph Field Loveless
Date of birth (1907-12-06)6 December 1907
Place of birth St Kilda, Victoria
Date of death 21 December 1950(1950-12-21) (aged 43)
Place of death St Kilda, Victoria
Original team(s) St Kilda District
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1926–1929, 1931 St Kilda 42 (2)
1933–1936 Hawthorn 56 (1)
Total 98 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1936.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ernest Joseph Field Loveless (6 December 1907 – 21 Dec 1950) was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and Hawthorn in the VFL.

Loveless played in the back pocket and started his career with St Kilda.

Loveless was captain coach of the Wangaratta Football Club in the Ovens & Murray Football League in 1930. Loveless was captain-coach of the O&MFL team that lost to the Goulburn Valley Football League in 1930.[1]

He crossed to Hawthorn in 1933 and was a best and fairest winner the following season. Loveless was vice captain of Hawthorn in 1935 and 1936, his last two years in the VFL.

References

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  1. ^ "1930 - Inter league match: GV wins!". Shepparton Advertiser (Vic). 12 June 1930. p. 6. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
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