Edward J. "Ed" Melbourne

(b. 1937 - d. 2006)

Tackle, Place Kicker

Seattle Ramblers / Edmonds Warriors 

1959, 1961 - 1966

Ed Melbourne was born in Minneapolis, MN and graduated from Queen Anne High School in Seattle, eventually starring as an outstanding lineman with Western Washington College (1955-1958)  for four seasons after playing guard, tackle and place kicker on the Fort Ord Warriors team out of California while enlisted in the US Army.

Following his collegiate career, Melbourne embarked on a seim pro career with the top teams in the region at the time, the Seattle Ramblers and Edmonds Warriors.  Manning the trenches with legends such as Bill Castrow and Dick Hard, it was easy to miss the skills Ed possessed when viewed with an untrained eye.  But it was much easier to see his skills out all alone as the place kicker, where the world would see each triumph and failure in broad daylight.  Melbourne kicked the final PAT of the original Ramblers franchise in 1964, before joining up with the Edmonds Warriors for the undefeated (12-0) 1965 team, retiring in 1966.

Ed spent 42 1/2 years with the US Postal Service and was an off-ice official for over 25 years with the Seattle Breakers and Seattle Thunderbirds hockey teams.  Ed and his wife Carol coached Richmond Little League football and baseball from 1966 on into the late 90's unitl he physically could not keep going.

In 2002, Ed was honored by his Rambler teammates with his induction into the Pacific Northwest Football Hall of Fame, and in 2003 as a member of the 100th Anniversary Western Washington All-Star Team as a First-Team tackle over the past century.