Fred Fielding (footballer)
| Fred Fielding | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Fielding in 1913 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Alfred Fielding | ||
| Date of birth | 6 September 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | Bendigo, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 8 August 1918 (aged 28) | ||
| Place of death | Villers-Bretonneux, France | ||
| Original team(s) | South Bendigo (BFL) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1911 | South Melbourne | 1 (0) | |
| 1913 | Collingwood | 17 (10) | |
| Total | 18 (10) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Fred Fielding (6 September 1889 – 8 August 1918) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League.[1]
Recruited from South Bendigo where he played in their 1909,[2] 1910,[3] 1911,[4] and 1912 Bendigo Football Association premiership teams.
Family
The son of James Fielding (-1901),[5] and Winifred Fielding (-1936), née Gleeson,[6] he was born on 6 September 1889.
Military
He enlisted to serve in World War I using the name James Gleeson (his father's given name and his mother's maiden name) while in Perth in 1916.[7]
Death
He died in action on the first day of the Hundred Days Offensive, the final series of offensives by the Allies on the Western Front in World War I.[8][9]
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 274. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "1909 - THE FOOTBALL PREMIERSHIP". The Bendigo Independent (Vic. : 1891 - 1918). 23 September 1909. p. 2. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ^ "1910 - BENDIGO PREMIERSHIP". Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918). 13 September 1910. p. 6. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ "1911 - South Bendigo Premiers". The Bendigo Independent (Vic. : 1891 - 1918). 21 September 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ Funeral Notices, The Bendigo Independent, (Thursday, 17 October 1901), p.4.
- ^ Deaths: Fielding, The Age, 22 July 1936), p1.
- ^ "Fred Fielding – Discovering Anzacs". National Archives of Australia.
- ^ Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
- ^ For Freedom's Cause: Deaths: Fielding, The Bendigonian, (Thursday, 5 September 1918), p.3.
References
- Roll of Honour: Private Fred Fielding, also known as James Gleeson (5596), Australian War Memorial.
- World War I Service Record: Fred Fielding (a.k.a. James Gleeson) (5596), National Archives of Australia.
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