Eddie Shaw (Australian footballer)

Edgar Clarence Shaw (10 July 1903 – 25 May 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family
The son of James Shaw (1869-1952), and Harriet Mary Ann Shaw (1875-1965), née Hanson, Edgar Clarence Shaw was born at Elsternwick, Victoria on 10 July 1903.

He married Elsa Elizabeth "Beth" Theobald at Surrey Hills, Victoria on 17 March 1934.

Education
He was educated at the Elsternwick State School.

Football
Shaw commenced his football career playing for the Elsternwick Football Club in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association, where he played from 1921 until 1926.

In 1927 he was granted a permit to play with Melbourne, but he only played a single senior game, in which he was not a great success. He returned to Elsternwick by July.

Death
He died at the Rosden Private Nursing Home in Burwood East, Victoria on 25 May 1981.