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{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
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| name = Fred Brown
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1896|1|30|df=y}}
| fullname = Frederick Elphinstone Brown
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| birth_place = [[Hobart]], Tasmania
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|12|18|1896|1|30|df=y}}
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| originalteam = Caulfield
| death_place = [[Caulfield, Victoria]]
| heightweight = 185cm / 86kg
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| guernsey = 27
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| years = 1922–24<br>1925–26
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| clubs = {{AFL Haw}} (VFA)<br>{{AFL Haw}}
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| guernsey = 27
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| games(goals) = 37 (7)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gordon|first=Harry & Michael|title=One For All: the story of the Hawthorn Football Club|isbn=978-1-921332-83-8}}</ref><br>{{0}}4 (0)
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'''Fred Brown''' (born 30 January 1896) was an [[Australian rules football]]er who played with {{AFL Haw}} in the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (VFL).<ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |author=Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}}</ref>
'''Frederick Elphinstone Brown''' (30 January 1896 – 18 December 1971) was an [[Australian rules football]]er who played with {{AFL Haw}} in the [[Victorian Football League (1897–1989)|Victorian Football League]] (VFL).<ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}}</ref>


==Family==
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After playing with Caulfield Football Club, Brown joined Hawthorn at the start of the 1922 VFA season<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4652124 |title=GEELONG'S FIRST GAME. |newspaper=[[The_Argus (Australia)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne, Vic. |date=8 May 1922 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and he played in Hawthorn's first two seasons in the VFL.
The son of James Brown (1870–1899)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14229311 |title=FATAL STREET QUARREL. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=19,230 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=31 October 1899 |page=8}}</ref> and Janet Brown (1872–1959), nee West, Frederick Elphinstone Brown was born at Hobart on 30 January 1896.


Brown married Lillian Edna Daisy Shillinglaw on 2 September 1916 at St Matthew's Anglican Church in Prahran. Brown and Shillinglaw divorced in 1935<ref>{{cite book |title=Victorian Divorce Records |publisher=Public Records Office of Victoria |location=North Melbourne, Victoria |year=1940}}</ref> and Brown married Lila Grace Cain, nee Allday, (1905–1986) in 1936. They had one child together, Bruce David Allen Brown. Bruce married Sandra Hill and had three children . Charmaine, Langdon and Travis. Travis married Lauren Norton and had three children, Preston, Carter and Anika Brown

==World War I==
Brown enlisted to serve in World War I in February 1917, seeing action in France before returning to Australia in 1919. Service number 4758, rank Private. 29 Infantry Battalion - 13 and 14 Reinforcements (June-December 1917) Date of Embarkation 1917-06-21 Place of embarkation Melbourne Ship Embarked On HMAT Suevic A29<ref>{{cite web |url=https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/5959 |title=Discovering Anzacs: Frederick Elphinstone Brown |publisher=National Archives of Australia}}</ref>

==Football==
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After playing with Caulfield Football Club, Brown joined Hawthorn at the start of the 1922 VFA season. Fred Brown, was the 24th player to ever play at the Hawthorn Football Club.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4652124 |title=GEELONG'S FIRST GAME. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=8 May 1922 |page=7}}</ref> and he played four games in Hawthorn's first two seasons in the VFL.

==Death==
Fred Brown died at Caulfield on 18 December 1971 and is burled at Brighton General Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145806779/frederick-elphinstone-brown |title=Frederick Elphinstone Brown |publisher=Find a Grave}}</ref>


== Notes ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*{{AustralianFootball|ref=fred%2Bbrown/4357}}
*{{AflRleague|ref=F/Fred_Brown.html}}
*{{AFL Tables|ref=F/Fred_Brown.html}}
*[http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Brown,_Frederick_E._'Ginger.php Fred Brown's playing statistics] from The VFA Project


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Latest revision as of 02:06, 25 November 2024

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)
1922–1924 Hawthorn (VFA) 37 (7)[1]
1925–1926 Hawthorn 04 (0)
Total 41 (7)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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]

Family

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The son of James Brown (1870–1899)[3] and Janet Brown (1872–1959), nee West, Frederick Elphinstone Brown was born at Hobart on 30 January 1896.

Brown married Lillian Edna Daisy Shillinglaw on 2 September 1916 at St Matthew's Anglican Church in Prahran. Brown and Shillinglaw divorced in 1935[4] and Brown married Lila Grace Cain, nee Allday, (1905–1986) in 1936. They had one child together, Bruce David Allen Brown. Bruce married Sandra Hill and had three children . Charmaine, Langdon and Travis. Travis married Lauren Norton and had three children, Preston, Carter and Anika Brown

World War I

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Brown enlisted to serve in World War I in February 1917, seeing action in France before returning to Australia in 1919. Service number 4758, rank Private. 29 Infantry Battalion - 13 and 14 Reinforcements (June-December 1917) Date of Embarkation 1917-06-21 Place of embarkation Melbourne Ship Embarked On HMAT Suevic A29[5]

Football

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After playing with Caulfield Football Club, Brown joined Hawthorn at the start of the 1922 VFA season. Fred Brown, was the 24th player to ever play at the Hawthorn Football Club.[6] and he played four games in Hawthorn's first two seasons in the VFL.

Death

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Fred Brown died at Caulfield on 18 December 1971 and is burled at Brighton General Cemetery.[7]

Notes

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  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. ^ "FATAL STREET QUARREL". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 19, 230. New South Wales, Australia. 31 October 1899. p. 8.
  4. ^ Victorian Divorce Records. North Melbourne, Victoria: Public Records Office of Victoria. 1940.
  5. ^ "Discovering Anzacs: Frederick Elphinstone Brown". National Archives of Australia.
  6. ^ "GEELONG'S FIRST GAME". The Argus. Melbourne. 8 May 1922. p. 7.
  7. ^ "Frederick Elphinstone Brown". Find a Grave.
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