{{Short description|English footballer (1885–1916)}} {{about|English footballer|Australian singer|Ernest Ellis (singer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ernest Ellis | fullname = Ernest Edgar Ellis<ref name="Joyce" /> | birth_date = {{birth date|1885|11|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Sprowston, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1916|7|1|1885|11|30|df=y}}<ref name="CWGC" /> | death_place = near La Boisselle, France<ref name="LochnagarCrater" /> | position = Right back | years1 = 1903–1904 | clubs1 = Thorpe Village | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = {{0|0000}}–1907 | clubs2 = Norwich St. James | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1907–1908 | clubs3 = Norwich City | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1908–1909 | clubs4 = Doncaster Rovers | caps4 = 29 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1909 | clubs5 = Barnsley | caps5 = 4 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 1912–1914 | clubs6 = Hartlepools United | caps6 = 74 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 1914 | clubs7 = Heart of Midlothian | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0 }} '''Ernest Edgar Ellis''' (30 November 1885 – 1 July 1916) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Barnsley as a right back.<ref name="Joyce">{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=92}}</ref><ref name="Lakey" />
== Personal life == Prior to becoming a professional footballer, Ellis worked a machine operator in the bootmaking trade.<ref name="Lakey">{{Cite web |last=Lakey |first=Chris |title=Norwich City's true heroes: the players who gave their lives in the First World War |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city-s-first-world-war-heroes-1-5772314 |access-date=29 October 2019 |website=Eastern Daily Press |date=9 November 2018 |language=en}}</ref> He served as a private in McCrae's Battalion of the Royal Scots during the First World War.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Sporting Battalion |url=http://www.mccraesbattaliontrust.org.uk/the-sporting-battalion/ |access-date=6 January 2016 |website=McCraes Battalion Trust |date=18 April 2014 }}</ref> On the first day on the Somme, Ellis went over the top in Sausage Valley and was killed in the attack on La Boisselle.<ref name="LochnagarCrater">{{Cite web |title=Private Ernest Edgar Ellis |url=https://lochnagarcrater.org/docs/16/ellis-19009.pdf |access-date=28 May 2020 |website=Lochnagar Crater}}</ref> He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.<ref name="CWGC">{{CWGC|accessdate=6 January 2016|id=753295}}</ref>
== Career statistics == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |National Cup ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- | rowspan="3" |Doncaster Rovers |1908–09<ref name="Coyle">{{Cite web |last=Coyle |first=John |title=The Rovers players lost in World War One |url=https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2018/november/the-rovers-players-lost-in-world-war-one/ |url-status=dead |access-date=12 March 2019 |website=www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk |language=en-gb |archive-date=18 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818030130/https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2018/november/the-rovers-players-lost-in-world-war-one/ }}</ref> |Midland League |25 |0 | colspan="2" |— |4<ref group="lower-alpha">Appearances in Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup</ref> |0 |29 |0 |- |1909–10<ref name="Coyle" /> |Midland League |4 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |4 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !29 !0 !0 !0 !4 !0 !33 !0 |- |Barnsley |1909–10<ref name="Coyle" /> |Second Division |4 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— |4 |0 |- | rowspan="3" |Hartlepools United |1912–13<ref name="inthemadcrowd">{{Cite web |title=Ernest Ellis |url=http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/UI/Person.aspx?oid=1070 |access-date=16 June 2017 |website=In The Mad Crowd}}</ref> |North Eastern League |37 |0 |5 |0 | colspan="2" |— |42 |0 |- |1913–14<ref name="inthemadcrowd" /> |North Eastern League |37 |0 |6 |0 | colspan="2" |— |43 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !74 !0 !11 !0 ! colspan="2" |— !85 !0 |- |Heart of Midlothian |1914–15<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ernest Ellis – Hearts Career – from 25 Dec 1914 to 25 Dec 1914 |url=https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/////newplayers/h00779.html |access-date=16 June 2017 |website=www.londonhearts.com}}</ref> |Scottish League First Division |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— |1<ref group="lower-alpha">Appearance in East of Scotland Shield</ref> |0 |1 |0 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !107 !0 !11 !0 !5 !0 !123 !0 |} <references group="lower-alpha" />
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