About Ernie Foo
Lived 1891 – 1934 (aged 42). Ernie Foo was an australian rules football player.
Ernest Arthur Foo (30 July 1891 – 27 February 1934) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family The son of Thomas Foo and Mary Jane Williams (d. 1917), Ernest Arthur Foo was born in Fitzroy on 30 July 1891. He married Olive Ida Wise in 1914. They were divorced in 1920. He married Lily Edna Hebditch in 1929.
Military service Foo fought in World War I—having enlisting under the anglicised name "Ernest Arthur Ford"—serving in France in the latter stages of the war.
Death He died on 27 February 1934 at the Caulfield Military Hospital.
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Who was Ernie Foo?
Australian rules footballer (1891-1934)
When was Ernie Foo born?
Ernie Foo was born on 30 July 1891 in Fitzroy.
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Ernie Foo died on 27 February 1934 in Caulfield.
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Ernie Foo was an australian rules football player.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ernie Foo. https://biography.guide/ernie-foo/
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