Terry Ogden was an 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

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 and Carlton

Carlton Football Club

The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL).

Ogden, born in Northcote, was the son of former Essendon

Essendon Football Club

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 captain-coach Percy

Percy Ogden

Percy Ogden was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Essendon in the VFL.A rover, Ogden started his career with Collingwood in 1905. He played just four games with the club and didn't return to the VFL until 1910, with Essendon. Ogden was a member of Essendon's back to back...

 and brother of teammate Gordon

Gordon Ogden

Gordon Ogden was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....

. Before arriving at Melbourne he had played locally for Northcote CYMS and with the Essendon reserves team. A wingman, he played the first of three games for Melbourne in a thrilling win over Hawthorn

Hawthorn Football Club

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 at the MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

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, in round 14 of the 1935 season

1935 VFL season

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1935.-Premiership season:In 1935, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man...

.

After transferring to Carlton, Ogden played 15 senior games in 1934, all in successive weeks.

Early in 1935 he fell seriously ill with pleurisy

Pleurisy

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 in both of his lungs and required a blood transfusion from club secretary Newton Chandler. One week later, on 2 March, Ogden died from the illness. Buried in Coburg Cemetery, Ogden had Carlton's "Most Improved" player award named after him.