Fred Patterson | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Frederick Patterson | ||
Date of birth | 1 January 1916 | ||
Place of birth | Day Dawn, Western Australia | ||
Date of death | 29 May 1990 | (aged 74)||
Place of death | Western Australia | ||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1935–40 | ‹See Tfd›East Perth | ||
1943 | South Melbourne | 1 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1943. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Frederick Patterson (1 January 1916 – 29 May 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played with ‹See Tfd›East Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Patterson played for East Perth from 1935 to 1940[2] before enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II.[3] While serving he played a single game for South Melbourne in Round 1 of the 1943 VFL season.[4] He later served in the Pacific, being part of the Morotai Boomerangs services football team in 1945.[5]