Fred Fielding (6 September 1889 – 8 August 1918) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League.[1]
| Fred Fielding | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Fielding in 1913 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Alfred Fielding | ||
| Date of birth | 6 September 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | Bendigo, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 8 August 1918 (aged 28) | ||
| Place of death | Villers-Bretonneux, France | ||
| Original team(s) | South Bendigo (BFL) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1911 | South Melbourne | 1 (0) | |
| 1913 | Collingwood | 17 (10) | |
| Total | 18 (10) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family edit
The son of James Fielding (-1901),[2] and Winifred Fielding (-1936), née Gleeson,[3] he was born on 6 September 1889.
Military edit
He enlisted to serve in World War I using the name James Gleeson (his father's given name and his mother's maiden name) while in Perth in 1916.[4]
Death edit
He died in action on the first day of the Hundred Days Offensive, the final series of offensives by the Allies on the Western Front in World War I.[5][6]
See also edit
Footnotes edit
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 274. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ Funeral Notices, The Bendigo Independent, (Thursday, 17 October 1901), p.4.
- ^ Deaths: Fielding, The Age, 22 July 1936), p1.
- ^ "Fred Fielding – Discovering Anzacs". National Archives of Australia.
- ^ Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
- ^ For Freedom's Cause: Deaths: Fielding, The Bendigonian, (Thursday, 5 September 1918), p.3.
References edit
External links edit
- Fred Fielding's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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