Fred Brown (Australian footballer)

Frederick Elphinstone Brown (30 January 1896 – 18 December 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Fred Brown
Personal information
Full name Frederick Elphinstone Brown
Date of birth (1896-01-30)30 January 1896
Place of birth Hobart, Tasmania
Date of death 18 December 1971(1971-12-18) (aged 75)
Place of death Caulfield, Victoria
Original team(s) Caulfield
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1922–24 Hawthorn (VFA) 37 (7)[1]
1925–26 Hawthorn 04 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Prior to his football career Brown enlisted to serve in World War I in February 1917, seeing action in France before returning to Australia in 1919.[3]

After playing with Caulfield Football Club, Brown joined Hawthorn at the start of the 1922 VFA season[4] and he played in Hawthorn's first two seasons in the VFL.

Notes
  1. Gordon, Harry & Michael. One For All: the story of the Hawthorn Football Club. ISBN 978-1-921332-83-8.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. "Discovering Anzacs: Frederick Elphinstone Brown". National Archives of Australia.
  4. "GEELONG'S FIRST GAME". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 8 May 1922. p. 7.
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