Fred Fontaine

For the Australian cricketer, see Frederick Fontaine.

Fred Fontaine
Personal information
Date of birth	15 July 1874
Date of death	9 December 1957(1957-12-09) (aged 83)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1898–1907	Fitzroy	110 (33)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1907.
Career highlights
Fitzroy premiership player 1898, 1899, 1904 & 1905

Fred Fontaine (15 July 1874 - 9 December 1957)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Fontaine played in a variety of positions during his career and was a member of a very successful Fitzroy side, winning four grand finals and losing two. Of the four premierships his most notable performance came in the 1904 decider where he played at full back and set up the winning goal to Percy Trotter after making a run from defence.^[1]

References

1 2 "Fred Fontaine - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 11 November 2014.

External links

Fred Fontaine's statistics from AFL Tables

Fitzroy Football Club 1898/99 VFL premiers

1898: Fitzroy 5.8 (38) defeated Essendon 3.5 (23), at the Junction Oval 1899: Fitzroy 3.9 (27) defeated South Melbourne 3.8 (26), at the Junction Oval

Clarke Dalton Descrimes Drohan Fontaine J. Grace M. Grace Hickey McDougall McSpeerin Potter Robinson Sloan (c)

Fitzroy Football Club 1904/05 VFL premiers

1904: Fitzroy 9.7 (61) defeated Carlton 5.7 (37), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1905: Fitzroy 4.6 (30) defeated Collingwood 2.5 (17), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Barker Brosnan (c) Fontaine Jenkins Johnson McDonough Millis Milne Naismith Sharp Sheehan Trotter Walker

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