Fred Brown (Australian footballer)
| Fred Brown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Frederick Elphinstone Brown | ||
| Date of birth | 30 January 1896 | ||
| Place of birth | Hobart, Tasmania | ||
| Date of death | 18 December 1971 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Caulfield, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Caulfield | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1922–1924 | Hawthorn (VFA) | 37 (7)[1] | |
| 1925–1926 | Hawthorn | 4 (0) | |
| Total | 41 (7) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Frederick Elphinstone Brown (30 January 1896 – 18 December 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
Family
[edit]The son of James Brown (1870–1899)[3] and Janet Brown (1872–1959), nee West, Frederick Elphinstone Brown was born at Hobart on 30 January 1896.
Brown married Lillian Edna Daisy Shillinglaw on 2 September 1916 at St Matthew's Anglican Church in Prahran. Brown and Shillinglaw divorced in 1935[4] and Brown married Lila Grace Cain, nee Allday, (1905–1986) in 1936.
World War I
[edit]Brown enlisted to serve in World War I in February 1917, seeing action in France before returning to Australia in 1919.[5]
Football
[edit]After playing with Caulfield Football Club, Brown joined Hawthorn at the start of the 1922 VFA season[6] and he played four games in Hawthorn's first two seasons in the VFL.
Death
[edit]Fred Brown died at Caulfield on 18 December 1971 and is burled at Brighton General Cemetery.[7]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Gordon, Harry & Michael. One For All: the story of the Hawthorn Football Club. ISBN 978-1-921332-83-8.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "FATAL STREET QUARREL". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 19, 230. New South Wales, Australia. 31 October 1899. p. 8.
- ^ Victorian Divorce Records. North Melbourne, Victoria: Public Records Office of Victoria. 1940.
- ^ "Discovering Anzacs: Frederick Elphinstone Brown". National Archives of Australia.
- ^ "GEELONG'S FIRST GAME". The Argus. Melbourne. 8 May 1922. p. 7.
- ^ "Frederick Elphinstone Brown". Find a Grave.
External links
[edit]- Fred Brown at AustralianFootball.com
- Fred Brown's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Fred Brown's playing statistics from The VFA Project
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- 1896 births
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- Hawthorn Football Club players
- Hawthorn Football Club (VFA) players
- 1971 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from Hobart
- Military personnel from Melbourne
- Australian military personnel of World War I
- Burials in Victoria (state)
- Australian rules biography, 1896 birth stubs