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Mar 28, 1861 Died on 24 Nov 1951 (aged 90)
Australian football administrator
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About Edwin Lionel Wilson
- Edwin Lionel Wilson (E.
- L Wilson) (28 March 1861 – 24 November 1951), along with Alan Mansfield was the founder of Collingwood Football Club.
- Wilson was approached by the newly formed club to be appointed president, which he rejected.
- He went on to become the first secretary of the Collingwood Football Club and also the first secretary of the Victorian Football League when the VFL was established in 1897.
- He held the position of secretary of the VFL for thirty-four years from 1897 to 1929. In 1930, the E.
- L.
- Wilson Shield was created to be awarded to each year's premiership winning team.
- It was initially discontinued in 1978, when there was no room remaining on the shield, but expanded and reintroduced as a perpetual trophy in 2016.
