Given the question: Facts:   - heightweight: 188 cm / 92 kg    - clubs: north melbourne footscray    - years: 1933 - '' ' -- 1939 1940 -- 1944 '' ` total    - statsend: 1944    - death date: 05 august 2007      - birth date: 23 february 1913    - name: ted ellis   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ted ellis -lrb- footballer -rrb- .
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edward `` ted '' ellis -lrb- 23 february 1913 -- 5 august 2007 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played with north melbourne and footscray in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .ellis was a utility player and made his league debut with north melbourne in 1933 .he represented victoria at interstate football in the 1937 perth carnival .in 1940 he changed clubs , moving to footscray where he played mostly in defence .ellis won the footscray best and fairest award in 1942 .during the depression of the 1930s , ellis at the age of 15 , took swag to back and headed to country victoria in search of work .outside of football , ellis was a fireman .to make ends meet he would drive a truck on his rostered days off .he had six children , nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren .his two eldest sons also played league football , lindsay ellis played for footscray and kingsley ellis played for fitzroy .one of ellis 's grandsons , daniel merriweather , is a well regarded singer-songwriter whose debut album `` love and war '' went to number two on the uk charts in 2009 .he has also won two aria awards , in 2005 and 2009 .