Arthur Fehring (4 May 1900 – 19 April 1983) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Arthur Fehring
Personal information
Full name Arthur Fehring
Date of birth (1900-05-04)4 May 1900
Place of birth Collingwood, Victoria
Date of death 19 April 1983(1983-04-19) (aged 82)
Place of death Caulfield South, Victoria
Original team(s) Surreys
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1919 Richmond 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

In the fourth round of the 1919 season, he played beside his brother Charlie, the only occasion that they would appear together in the same VFL game.[2]

The following year he started at Hawthorn in the VFA before accepting good money to play at Colbinabbin, Victoria.[3]

His brother Charlie Fehring played for Richmond and Essendon.

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 271. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Fehring, Charles". Essendon Football Club official website. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Original "Ring-In" Tells Of Famous Match". Sporting Globe. No. 1551. Victoria, Australia. 15 May 1937. p. 8.
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