{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{For|the American golfer|Ted Potter Jr.}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Ted Potter | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|11|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | originalteam = Rutherglen, Greensborough (DVFL) | debutdate = Round 5, 1963 | debutteam = Collingwood | debutopponent = Melbourne | height = 187 cm | weight = 79 kg | position = | statsend = 1972 | years1 = 1963–1972 | club1 = Collingwood | games_goals1 = 182 (0) | careerhighlights = * Victorian representative: 4 games }}
'''Ted Potter''' (born 11 November 1944) is a former Australian rules footballer. A key defender, he was a regular in the Collingwood Magpies side throughout the 1960s.
He is remembered for being the player whose supposedly wayward handball was intercepted by Barry Breen that resulted in the winning point for St Kilda in the 1966 VFL Grand Final; however, this is a misnomer, as the ball spilled free and was never actually handballed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ted Potter |url=http://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/ted-potter/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Collingwood Forever |language=en-US}}</ref>
He retired in 1972 with 182 games to his name, the most ever by a player without scoring a goal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFL Tables - Miscellaneous Goalkicking Records |url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/alltime/misc_goals.html |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=afltables.com}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{AustralianFootball | ted+potter/9470 }} *[https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/ted-potter/ Collingwood Forever Profile]
{{1966 Victoria State Football Team}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Potter, Ted}} Category:1944 births Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:Collingwood Football Club players Category:Greensborough Football Club players Category:Living people Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen