Ted Fordham

Ted Fordham played 128 senior VFL games for Essendon between 1961 and 1969, lining up most often as a forward. On 23-0, Ted Fordham's career spans the 1960s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Ted Fordham at a peak of 88 out of 100, reached in the 1960s. That figure measures Ted Fordham only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1960s forward can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Ted Fordham include 1 premiership and 1 league leading-goalkicker award. Ted Fordham also polled 15 Brownlow votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits Ted Fordham with a best season of 425 disposals in 1968 and 214 career goals. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.