Australian rules footballer
| Fred Patterson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Frederick Patterson | ||
| Date of birth | (1916-01-01)1 January 1916 | ||
| Place of birth | Day Dawn, Western Australia | ||
| Date of death | 29 May 1990(1990-05-29) (aged 74) | ||
| Place of death | Western Australia | ||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1935–40 | East Perth | ||
| 1943 | South Melbourne | 1 (0) | |
| Playing statistics correct to the end of 1943. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Frederick Patterson (1 January 1916 – 29 May 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played with East Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Patterson played for East Perth from 1935 to 1940 before enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. While serving he played a single game for South Melbourne in Round 1 of the 1943 VFL season. He later served in the Pacific, being part of the Morotai Boomerangs services football team in 1945.
Notes
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 690. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- "Fred Paterson". WAFL Footy Facts.
- "World War II Roll: Fred Paterson". Department of Veterans Affairs.
- "League Football". Record. Vol. XLVIII, no. 18. Victoria, Australia. 8 May 1943. p. 3.
- "THE BOOMERANGS OF MOROTAI". Sporting Globe. No. 2432. Victoria, Australia. 13 October 1945. p. 3.
External links
- Fred Patterson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Fred Patterson at AustralianFootball.com
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