Fred Froude

Fred Froude
Personal information
Full name	Frederick Ernest Froude
Date of birth	3 July 1910
Place of birth	Mount Lyell, Tasmania[1]
Date of death	16 June 1978 (aged 67)
Height/Weight	174 cm / 82 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1930-1939	Collingwood	148 (41)
Coaching career^3
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1948-1950	St Kilda	56 (14-41-1)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939 season. ^3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1950.

Frederick Ernest "Fred" Froude (3 July 1910 - 16 June 1978)^[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and coached St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Although Froude played most of his career as a half back flanker, he started as a forward and kicked 30 goals in the 1931 VFL season.^[3][4] He played in five grand finals for three premierships; 1930, 1935 and 1936.^[3] In 1948, nine years after retiring, Froude returned to the VFL as coach of St Kilda.^[5] Before the war he had been coach of Brighton.^[6]

References

1. WW2 Nominal Roll - Frederick Ernest Froude Noting that Mount Lyell, was the name of a small community located on the ridge between Gormanston, Tasmania and the Mount Lyell mine workings on the south west side of the western end of Mount Lyell, Tasmania - see The Peaks of Lyell for more details]
2. "Fred Froude". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
3. "Biography". Australian Football.com.
4. "Fred Froude". AFL Tables.
5. "Coaching Record". AFL Tables.
6. "Froude Coach of Brighton". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 26 February 1941. p. 14. Retrieved 18 March 2014.