Fred Kirkwood

Fred Kirkwood
Personal information
Full name	Frederick James Kirkwood
Date of birth	31 July 1890
Place of birth	Warrnambool
Date of death	18 August 1956 (aged 66)
Place of death	Lang Lang, Victoria
Original team(s)	Surrey Hills
Height/Weight	180 cm / 70 kg
Position(s)	Half-forward, Wingman
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1910–11 1912–14 Total	Fitzroy Essendon	18 0(7) 42 0(8) 60 (15)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914 season.

Frederick James Kirkwood (31 July 1890 – 18 August 1956) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

From Surrey Hills, Kirkwood was a wingman in Essendon's 1912 premiership team, having spent the previous two seasons at Fitzroy. His final season in 1914 was marred by a four game suspension for using "insulting language" at an umpire. Kirkwood later served in World War I.^[2]

References

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
2. "ESSENDON FOOTBALLER SHINES IN GREATER GAME WITH HUNS.". Winner (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 10 October 1917. p. 8.

External Links

• Fred Kirkwood's statistics from AFL Tables