Ted Cordner is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Melbourne

Melbourne Football Club

The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 (VFL) during the 1940s. The older brother of Melbourne Team of the Century members Denis

Denis Cordner

George Denis Pruen Cordner was an Australian rules football player. His brothers Don, John and Ted were also notable sportsmen.Denis Cordner played in the ruck in the Melbourne premiership teams in the 1948, 1955 and 1956....

 and Don Cordner

Don Cordner

Dr Donald Cordner was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1940s...

, Ted would have played more than 52 games had he not pursued a medical career. His younger brother was John

John Cordner (sportsman)

John Pruen Cordner is a former Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League with Melbourne....

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Cordner joined the club in 1941 and was a member of their premiership winning side. He missed the entire 1944 and 1945 seasons due to him being busy serving as a naval doctor but managed to play 19 games in 1946 as well as representing Victoria in an interstate match.