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'''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> |
'''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> |
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==Family== |
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The son of James Brown (1870–1899) and Janet Brown (1872–1959), nee West, Frederick Elphinstone Brown was born at Hobart on 30 January 1896. |
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Brown married Lillian Edna Daisy Shillinglaw on 2 September 1916 at St Matthew's Anglican Church in Prahran. |
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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= |
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==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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/5959 |title=Discovering Anzacs: Frederick Elphinstone Brown |publisher=National Archives of Australia}}</ref> |
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==Football== |
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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 |location=Melbourne |date=8 May 1922 |page=7}}</ref> and he played four games in Hawthorn's first two seasons in the VFL. |
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==Death== |
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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> |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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*[http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Brown,_Frederick_E._'Ginger.php Fred Brown's playing statistics] from The VFA Project |
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Revision as of 10:08, 21 June 2022
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| Full name | Frederick Elphinstone Brown | ||
| Date of birth | 30 January 1896 | ||
| Place of birth | Hobart, Tasmania | ||
| Date of death | 18 December 1971 (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 | 4 (0) | |
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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
The son of James Brown (1870–1899) 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.
World War I
Brown enlisted to serve in World War I in February 1917, seeing action in France before returning to Australia in 1919.[3]
Football
After playing with Caulfield Football Club, Brown joined Hawthorn at the start of the 1922 VFA season[4] 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.[5]
Notes
- ^ Gordon, Harry & Michael. One For All: the story of the Hawthorn Football Club. ISBN 978-1-921332-83-8.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Discovering Anzacs: Frederick Elphinstone Brown". National Archives of Australia.
- ^ "GEELONG'S FIRST GAME". The Argus. Melbourne. 8 May 1922. p. 7.
- ^ "Frederick Elphinstone Brown". Find a Grave.
External links
- Fred Brown at AustralianFootball.com
- Fred Brown's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Fred Brown's playing statistics from The VFA Project
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