Fred Webster (Australian footballer)

Fred Webster
Personal information
Full name	Fred Webster
Date of birth	19 April 1935
Date of death	17 December 2012 (aged 77)
Height/Weight	183 cm / 84 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1955 1956–63	Melbourne Sandringham	003 (2) 153
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1963 season.

Fred Webster (19 April 1935 - 17 December 2012)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Webster made three appearances in the 1955 VFL season, after making his debut in a win over Geelong on the Melbourne Cricket Ground. His two other games were against Footscray.

The following season, Webster joined Sandringham in the Victorian Football Association,^[2] with whom he played until 1963. He was club captain from 1959, won the club's best and fairest award in 1961,^[3] and led Sandringham to their 1962 premiership. They came from 44 points down in the Grand Final to win by a point.

References

1. "Fred Webster - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
2. "Moorabbin Gambles With Injured Stars". The Age. 13 April 1956. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
3. "The Honour Board". Sandringham Football Club. Retrieved 4 May 2011.

• Fred Webster's statistics from AFL Tables
• Australian Football: Zebras Back From The Brink
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.