on 3 March 1965; and, with his old team-mate Joe Groves having died four years earlier (on 3 July 1961), at the time of his death Kinnear was the last surviving player of Essendon's 1897 premiership team. Notes References Kinnear, E.H., "Essendon Football Ground (Letter to the Editor)", The Herald, (Monday, 6 June 1921), p.10. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: Every AFL/VFL Player since 1897 (10th ed.), Melbourne: Bas Publishing. Lack, John (1983), "Kinnear, Edward Hore (1874–1965)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 1983. Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. External links Essendon past players profile Edward Hore Kinnear & Jessie Frew Kinnear, at findagrave.com. 1874 births 1965 deaths Mayors of places in Victoria (Australia) Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Essendon Football Club (VFA) players Essendon Football Club players Essendon Football Club Premiership players Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players 20th-century Australian businesspeople Ropework Businesspeople from Melbourne Politicians from Melbourne People from Essendon, Victoria