Fred Fielding (footballer)
Australian rules footballer
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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]
Fullname
Alfred Fielding
Born
6 September 1889
Bendigo, Victoria
Bendigo, Victoria
Died
8 August 1918 (aged 28)
Villers-Bretonneux, France
Villers-Bretonneux, France
Original team
South Bendigo (BFL)
| Fred Fielding | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Fielding in 1913 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Alfred Fielding | ||
| Born |
6 September 1889 Bendigo, Victoria | ||
| Died |
8 August 1918 (aged 28) Villers-Bretonneux, France | ||
| Original team | South Bendigo (BFL) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1911 | South Melbourne | 1 (0) | |
| 1913 | Collingwood | 17 (10) | |
| Total | 18 (10) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Recruited from South Bendigo where he played in their 1909,[2] 1910,[3] 1911,[4] and 1912 Bendigo Football Association premiership teams.
Family
Military
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.[7]
Death
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.[8][9]
