Percy Ellingsen

Who was Percy Ellingsen?

Percy Ellingsen was an Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond, Melbourne and Geelong in the Victorian Football League.

Ellingsen was just 16 when he made his league debut in 1912, having been recruited from East Geelong. A rover, he kicked five goals for Richmond, all of them in a win over Melbourne University Football Club. He then spent the 1913 VFL season at Melbourne before crossing to Geelong, the final destination of his career. His tally of 18 goals in 1917 included a bag of six against his old club Richmond, at Corio Oval. Also that season, Ellingsen set a club record which still stands to this day by kicking the only two goals that Geelong managed in their match against Collingwood.

Following his VFL career, Ellingsen moved to the Victorian Football Association in 1920 where he was suspended for a season, a sentence later overturned as an act of clemency during the visit of the Prince of Wales.

In 1930, Ellingsen joined the Geelong and District Football League as a field umpire.