Fred McIntosh

Fred McIntosh
Personal information
Full name	Frederick Richard McIntosh
Date of birth	23 July 1893
Date of death	28 September 1917 (aged 24)
Place of death	Polygon Wood, Belgium
Original team(s)	Scotch College
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1913-14 1915 Total	University Essendon	25 (4) 14 (1) 39 (5)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915 season.

Fred McIntosh (23 July 1893 - 28 September 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with University and Essendon in the Victorian Football League. His father, Fred McIntosh, Sr, played in the Victorian Football Association for Carlton.^[1]

Playing career

McIntosh played for University in the Victorian Football League, making his debut in 1913. After 25 games with University he moved to Essendon where he played 14 games in the 1915 VFL season.^[1][2][3]

Military service

After the outbreak of World War I McIntosh enlisted with the 59th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement of the Australian Imperial Force in July 1915. He left Melbourne on HMAT Nestor on 2 October 1916. On arriving in Europe he saw service at the Western Front. While fighting at Polygon Wood in Belgium he was severely wounded at and died two days later. He was buried at the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.^[1][2][3][4]

See also

• List of Victorian Football League players who died in active service

Footnotes

1. "McINTOSH, Frederick R.". Past Player Profiles. Essendon Football Club. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
2. Main, J. & Allen, D., "McIntosh, Fred", pp.122–124 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen — The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002.
3. "Roll of Honour - Frederick Richard McIntosh". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
4. "Frederick Richard McINTOSH". The AIF Project. Australian Defence Force Academy. Retrieved 10 April 2010.

Sources

• Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
• Fred McIntosh's statistics from AFL Tables