Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
Fred Flanagan Full name
Fred Flanagan Date of birth
(1924-03-28 ) 28 March 1924 Place of birth
Swan Hill , Victoria Date of death
14 January 2013(2013-01-14) (aged 88) Height
187 cm (6 ft 2 in) Weight
92 kg (203 lb) Years
Club
Games (Goals) 1946–1955
Geelong
163 (182) Years
Team
Games (Goals)
Victoria
21 (13)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1955.
Sources: AFL Tables , AustralianFootball.com
Fred Flanagan (28 March 1924 – 14 January 2013) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL).
Flanagan was a gifted centre half-forward from Swan Hill who was a magnificent mark and kick. He played his whole career with Geelong Football Club .
In 1998 Flanagan was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame .
Flanagan died on 14 January 2013, aged 88.[1] In response to his death, the CEO of the Geelong Football Club, Brian Cook , said Flanagan "was a great man and a great Geelong man (...) [who] loved the club and the people that made up the club".[1]
Career highlights
Playing career:
Geelong 1946–55 (Games: 163 Goals: 182)
Player honors:
2nd Brownlow Medal 1950
Geelong best and fairest 1949
Geelong leading goalkicker 1954
Geelong captain 1951–1953
Geelong premierships 1951 (captain), 1952 (captain)
Geelong Team of the Century
Victorian representative 21 matches (21 games, 13 goals).
References
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Pre-VFA
1859: Mason/Fraser/Rennie
1860: Mason/Wills
1861: Rennie/Tait
1862: Greenfield/Harrison /Nicholls
1863–1865: Nichols
1866: Groom
1867: Robertson/Wills /Bowden
1868: Wills /Harrison /Bowden
1869–1870: Arthur
1871: Dickenson/Bowden
1872: Wills /Arthur
1873: Wills
1874: Down
1875: Day
1876: Thomas
VFA VFL/AFL AFL Women's
Full-back Half-back Centre Half-forward Full-forward Ruck Interchange Emergencies