Edward Lockwood (6 December 1872 – 25 June 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played for

Geelong Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon ...

and

Collingwood Collingwood, meaning "wood of disputed ownership", may refer to: Educational institutions * Collingwood College, Victoria, an Australian state Prep to Year 12 school * Collingwood College, Durham, college of Durham University, England * Collingw ...

during the years following the formation of the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). I ...

(VFL). He was originally from the Geelong area, but came to the VFL from West Perth.

Family

The sons of Thomas Lockwood (1821-1876), and Charlotte Lockwood (1843-1884), née Chambers (later Mrs. William Moorhouse Hardman), Teddy Lockwood and his twin brother George Lockwood were born at

on 6 December 1872.

Football

Lockwood played mostly as a forward and spent his first three seasons in the VFL with Geelong, topping their goal kicking in 1900. He joined Collingwood in 1902 and was a member of the club's premiership side that year with three goals in their Grand Final win over Essendon. The following year he kicked a career best 35 goals and was both Collingwood's and the VFL's leading goal kicker, the latter earning him the

Leading Goalkicker Medal The Coleman Medal is an Australian rules football award given annually to the Australian Football League (AFL) player who kicks the most goals in the home-and-away season. It is named after Essendon full-forward John Coleman, one of the most ...

. To cap off the season Lockwood played in another premiership side. In 1917, Lockwood officiated in a VFL game as a goal umpire. After his football career, Lockwood served as groundsman at the South Melbourne Cricket Ground until his death in 1953.

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* 1872 births 1953 deaths Australian rules footballers from Geelong Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents Geelong Football Club players Collingwood Football Club players Collingwood Football Club Premiership players West Perth Football Club players VFL Leading Goalkicker Medal winners Australian Football League umpires Australian twins Twin sportspeople Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub