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 | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Arthur Fehring | ||
Date of birth | 4 May 1900 | ||
Place of birth | Collingwood, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 19 April 1983 | (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.
Notes
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Fehring, Charles". Essendon Football Club official website. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012.
- ^ "Original "Ring-In" Tells Of Famous Match". Sporting Globe. No. 1551. Victoria, Australia. 15 May 1937. p. 8.
External links
edit- Arthur Fehring's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Arthur Fehring at AustralianFootball.com