Fred McGinis

Fred McGinis
Personal information
Full name	Alfred Ernest McGinnis
Date of birth	11 November 1874
Place of birth	Hobart
Date of death	30 March 1953 (aged 78)
Place of death	Hobart
Original team(s)	City (Hobart)
Height/Weight	175 cm / 74 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1897–1901	Melbourne	84 (36)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1901 season.
Career highlights
VFL premiership: 1900 Melbourne leading goalkicker: 1895 Melbourne Hall of Fame

Fred McGinis (11 November 1874, in Hobart – 30 March 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and the Victorian Football League (VFL).

McGinis began his career with Melbourne at the age of seventeen in 1894 in the VFA. A rover, he starred for Melbourne in its debut season in the VFL in 1897. He was a premiership player with Melbourne in 1900 but vision difficulties two years later forced him out of the game and he returned to Tasmania.

As he neared total blindness, a match was played for his benefit between combined teams from the VFA and VFL on 4 September 1902; the match, won by the VFL, raised £200. The match was the first time that the two bitter rival football competitions had ever played against each other.^[1]

References

1. Old Boy (5 September 1924). "Football – M'Ginis benefit match". The Argus (Melbourne, VIC). p. 8.

• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

External links

• Fred McGinis's statistics from AFL Tables
• Fred McGinis's profile from AustralianFootball.com