About Ernie McDougall
Lived 1885 – 1963 (aged 77). Ernie McDougall was an australian rules football player and dentist.
Ernest James McDougall (28 September 1885 – 15 March 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
A small player, he made his debut late in the 1902 season at the age of 16 and acquitted himself well. He only played four games, all of them before his eighteenth birthday.
After his brief football career McDougall became a dentist, working in Melbourne for three years before moving to London. While in London, he enlisted to serve in the Australian Army Medical Corps in World War I in 1916 and he remained there after being discharged in 1919, working in a private dental practice.
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Who was Ernie McDougall?
Australian rules footballer
When was Ernie McDougall born?
Ernie McDougall was born on 28 September 1885 in Melbourne.
When did Ernie McDougall die?
Ernie McDougall died on 15 March 1963 in Corwen.
What was Ernie McDougall's occupation?
Ernie McDougall was an australian rules football player and dentist.
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