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Eddie ‘Moots’ Esposito

Rivers of Belief my friend
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Hi everyone,

I was wondering if anyone had heard of Eddie (Ted) Esposito.

My stepmother - his daughter - recently gave me two premiership medals he won with Eaglehawk back in the 1930s.

He also played 60 games for the Dees from 1929-31, and was a bit of a cult figure. He was a midfielder / wingman. He was named in the Eaglehawk Team of the Century in 2005.

His father also played for Eaglehawk and I have a premiership medal from 1894 that he won.

Anyway, long story short, I was thinking of giving the medals to Eaglehawk FC, but I saw that the Australian Football Museum also had some memorabilia from the Espositos, so might contact them too.

Anyone heard of him? Appreciate any info from the passionate and knowledgeable Demonlanders here.

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    Great, now have that stupid "Despacito" song stuck in my head.

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    19 minutes ago, Rivers of Belief my friend said:

    Hi everyone,

    I was wondering if anyone had heard of Eddie (Ted) Esposito.

    My stepmother - his daughter - recently gave me two premiership medals he won with Eaglehawk back in the 1930s.

    He also played 60 games for the Dees from 1929-31, and was a bit of a cult figure. He was a midfielder / wingman. He was named in the Eaglehawk Team of the Century in 2005.

    His father also played for Eaglehawk and I have a premiership medal from 1894 that he won.

    Anyway, long story short, I was thinking of giving the medals to Eaglehawk FC, but I saw that the Australian Football Museum also had some memorabilia from the Espositos, so might contact them too.

    Anyone heard of him? Appreciate any info from the passionate and knowledgeable Demonlanders here.

    Hey mate,

    Info from demonwiki.

    http://demonwiki.org/Ted+Esposito

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    Heard of him? I was introduced to him!

    He must have been one of my father's favourite players because way back in the 1970s, at the MCG, my old man recognised him and bailed him up in the old MCC Members' Stand, since demolished. My dad would have been a teenager when Eddie was playing and he even told Eddie what number he wore, so that kind of confirms demonwiki's description of him as a cult hero.

    Eddie, as I remember, was pretty happy to be recognised.

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    1 hour ago, Rivers of Belief my friend said:

    Hi everyone,

    I was wondering if anyone had heard of Eddie (Ted) Esposito.

    My stepmother - his daughter - recently gave me two premiership medals he won with Eaglehawk back in the 1930s.

    He also played 60 games for the Dees from 1929-31, and was a bit of a cult figure. He was a midfielder / wingman. He was named in the Eaglehawk Team of the Century in 2005.

    His father also played for Eaglehawk and I have a premiership medal from 1894 that he won.

    Anyway, long story short, I was thinking of giving the medals to Eaglehawk FC, but I saw that the Australian Football Museum also had some memorabilia from the Espositos, so might contact them too.

    Anyone heard of him? Appreciate any info from the passionate and knowledgeable Demonlanders here.

    Hey RoB,

    Get in touch with Demonwiki, I'm sure @Supermercado would be keen to hear from anyone who can add to his past player history and/or help you with any info he has stumbled across.

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    3 hours ago, Roger Mellie said:

    Hey RoB,

    Get in touch with Demonwiki, I'm sure @Supermercado would be keen to hear from anyone who can add to his past player history and/or help you with any info he has stumbled across.

    @Rivers of Belief my friend, I also see a 'Justin Kelly' edited his Wikipedia page ('Ted Esposito') in July - about his return to Eaglehawk, it looks like. He may be useful, though idk how contact is made...

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    I love these stories.

    Just a joy to see the threads of a community weave in and out over the course decades... almost a century in this case!

    My grandad always claimed he played some kind of reserves grade for the Demons 'between the wars' but he never supplied evidence and nobody actually believed as they nodded.

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    On 23/09/2025 at 14:49, Little Goffy said:

    I love these stories.

    Just a joy to see the threads of a community weave in and out over the course decades... almost a century in this case!

    My grandad always claimed he played some kind of reserves grade for the Demons 'between the wars' but he never supplied evidence and nobody actually believed as they nodded.

    If you want to cross-reference just in case, I have a list of lower grade players/recruits/people who showed up for one training session

    http://demonwiki.org/Other%20Players

    + lists of those we don't currently have a first name for.

    http://demonwiki.org/Unknown+Players+1890s-1920s

    http://demonwiki.org/Unknown+players+1930s-1940s

    ...

    and

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    Go onto the digital newspaper website Trove and put his surname in.

    The choose newspapers and gazettes

    Then choose Victoria and a decade.

    You also have an option of choosing the earliest articles in a year - do it.

    Have fun

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    On 23/09/2025 at 08:04, Rivers of Belief my friend said:

    Hi everyone,

    I was wondering if anyone had heard of Eddie (Ted) Esposito.

    My stepmother - his daughter - recently gave me two premiership medals he won with Eaglehawk back in the 1930s.

    He also played 60 games for the Dees from 1929-31, and was a bit of a cult figure. He was a midfielder / wingman. He was named in the Eaglehawk Team of the Century in 2005.

    His father also played for Eaglehawk and I have a premiership medal from 1894 that he won.

    Anyway, long story short, I was thinking of giving the medals to Eaglehawk FC, but I saw that the Australian Football Museum also had some memorabilia from the Espositos, so might contact them too.

    Anyone heard of him? Appreciate any info from the passionate and knowledgeable Demonlanders here.

    I have just been onto Trove and there is a lot about the family

    Looks as though his father fought at Gallipoli.

    Shout out if you want some help.

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    On 23/09/2025 at 08:04, Rivers of Belief my friend said:

    Hi everyone,

    I was wondering if anyone had heard of Eddie (Ted) Esposito.

    My stepmother - his daughter - recently gave me two premiership medals he won with Eaglehawk back in the 1930s.

    He also played 60 games for the Dees from 1929-31, and was a bit of a cult figure. He was a midfielder / wingman. He was named in the Eaglehawk Team of the Century in 2005.

    His father also played for Eaglehawk and I have a premiership medal from 1894 that he won.

    Anyway, long story short, I was thinking of giving the medals to Eaglehawk FC, but I saw that the Australian Football Museum also had some memorabilia from the Espositos, so might contact them too.

    Anyone heard of him? Appreciate any info from the passionate and knowledgeable Demonlanders here.

    Dont ever do that to us again... I was ready to annoint him the next Picket Fence Cult recruit....

    but then find out he played a long time ago! just luuurve the name. Underlaaaay Underlay ipaaa as speedy gonsalez would say

    Hang onto the memories son!!

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    1 hour ago, Dingo said:

    I have just been onto Trove and there is a lot about the family

    Looks as though his father fought at Gallipoli.

    Shout out if you want some help.

    Wow thanks. I’ll have a look this weekend, then chat with my stepmother and come back with a summary of what I find. Much appreciated…

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    I live 700m from the Eaglehawk footy ground (Canterbury Park), follow the mighty Burra who won the BFL flag this year, and I know lots of people at the club. I can ask if they are interested in the memorabilia if you choose that option.

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