Fred_Webster_(Australian_footballer)

Fred Webster (Australian footballer)

Fred Webster (Australian footballer)

Australian rules footballer

Frederick Charles Webster (19 April 1935 – 17 December 2012)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

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Webster made three appearances in the 1955 VFL season, after making his debut in a win over Geelong on the Melbourne Cricket Ground. His two other games were against Footscray.

The following season, Webster joined Sandringham in the Victorian Football Association,[3] with whom he played until 1963. He was club captain from 1959, won the club's best and fairest award in 1961,[4] and led Sandringham to their 1962 premiership. They came from 44 points down in the Grand Final to win by a point.

References

  1. [1]
    "Fred Webster – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. [2]
    Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 874. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. [3]
    "Moorabbin Gambles With Injured Stars". The Age. 13 April 1956. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  4. [4]
    "The Honour Board". Sandringham Football Club. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
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