Percy Cheffers

Percy Cheffers (1 June 1913 – 18 October 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2] Before joining St Kilda, Cheffers played with Melbourne's reserves side, winning a VFL seconds premiership in 1935.^[3][4]

Percy Cheffers
Personal information
Full name	Percy Theodore Cheffers[1]
Born	(1913-06-01)1 June 1913
Died	18 October 1965(1965-10-18) (aged 52) Fitzroy, Victoria
Original team	Melbourne's reserves
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1936–38	St Kilda	8 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

During World War II, Cheffers started as a private in the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) in 1940 for the Australian Sixth Division, in the 2/2nd Field Workshops, RAEME. He rose to the rank of warrant officer class I in charge of around 18 people who repaired radios for the Australian Ninth Division. He saw action in Libya, Palestine, New Guinea and Borneo.^[5][6][7]

Percy married Mary Ellen Braines in the 1930s and had four children with her. He married his second wife, Audrey, in the 1950s. He died in a house fire in Fitzroy in 1965.

Percy received a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Swinburne Technical College in 1955^[8]

His son, John Cheffers, became a noted sports academic.