Ernie Hug, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Ernie Hug

Australian rules footballer

Date of Birth: 04-Mar-1944

Date of Death: 17-Jun-1978

Profession: Australian rules footballer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Ernie Hug (4 March 1944 – 17 June 1978) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).His son, Ernie, Jr.
was drafted to Collingwood under the father-son rule in 1989, but never played senior football for Collingwood.
He was later drafted by Sydney and then Hawthorn, but never made his AFL debut.
His other son Peter, died in 1999 from injuries sustained during a football match.He died in 1978 after an tractor accident on his cattle farm in Heyfield, Victoria.