Fred Patterson (footballer)

Frederick Patterson (1 January 1916 – 29 May 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played with East Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Fred Patterson
Personal information
Full name Frederick Patterson
Date of birth (1916-01-01)1 January 1916
Place of birth Day Dawn, Western Australia
Date of death 29 May 1990(1990-05-29) (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 East Perth
1943 South Melbourne 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1943.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 690. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "Fred Paterson". WAFL Footy Facts.
  3. "World War II Roll: Fred Paterson". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  4. "League Football". Record. Vol. XLVIII, no. 18. Victoria, Australia. 8 May 1943. p. 3.
  5. "THE BOOMERANGS OF MOROTAI". Sporting Globe. No. 2432. Victoria, Australia. 13 October 1945. p. 3.


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