Edward Albert "Ned" Officer (29 March 1869 – 10 June 1927) was an Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club in both the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and the Victorian Football League (VFL). In the first year of the VFL competition, he became one of the club's and leagues first premiership players, during the 1897 VFL season, under the captaincy of George Stuckey.