Fred Wimbridge

Fredrick "Fred" Wimbridge (9 March 1893 – 4 December 1977) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Fred Wimbridge
Personal information
Full name Fredrick Wimbridge
Date of birth (1893-03-09)9 March 1893
Place of birth Broomehill, Western Australia
Date of death 4 December 1977(1977-12-04) (aged 84)
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Position(s) Utility
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1911–16, 1919, 1928–29 Perth 105
1920–1924 West Perth 47 (56)
1925 South Melbourne 8 (12)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Football

Wimbridge started his career at Perth and was their leading goal-kicker in 1915 when he kicked 36 goals.[2]

He then spent two seasons away from the league on war service but returned to Perth in 1919.[3]

The following year he joined West Perth and topped their goal-kicking in 1921 with 30 goals.[2] Despite playing as a forward that season, he made two appearances for Western Australia at the Perth Carnival as a fullback.[2] He represented Western Australia on one further occasion.[2]

He was already 32 when he made his way to South Melbourne, with whom he would play eight games in the 1925 VFL season.[4] His best performance was a five-goal haul in a win over Footscray at Lake Oval.[4]

After two years playing elsewhere in Victoria, Wimbridge returned to his original club Perth.[2] He participated in the 1928 and 1929 seasons and then retired, having played 105 games for Perth.[2]

Notes
  1. Holmesby & Main, (2007).
  2. Fred Wimbridge at AustralianFootball.com
  3. "Frederick Wimbridge – Discovering Anzacs". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. AFL Tables: Fred Wimbridge

References
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
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