Fred Davies (footballer, born 1908)

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Fred Davies
Personal information
Full name	Frederick Davies
Date of birth	(1908-03-12)12 March 1908
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales
Date of death	16 June 1978(1978-06-16) (aged 70)
Place of death	Penshurst, New South Wales
Original team(s)	Eastern Suburbs
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1930–1934	Fitzroy	63 (11)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Fred Davies (12 March 1908 – 16 June 1978)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

A New South Welshman, Davies arrived at Fitzroy from Sydney club Eastern Suburbs.^[3] Davies returned to the state at the end of the 1934 VFL season, joining St George, a team he would both captain and coach.^[4] He had been captain of Fitzroy for most of 1934, promoted when original captain Jack Cashman moved to Carlton after the opening two rounds.^[5]

Footnotes

^ "Fred Davies – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
^ AFL Tables: Fred Davies
^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
^ The Argus,"Clearances From Fitzroy", 27 March 1935, p. 11
^ Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 – The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.

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