Fred Elliott (footballer)

Fred Elliott
Cigarette card of Elliott in 1905
Personal information
Full name Fred Elliott
Nickname(s) Pompey
Date of birth 7 April 1879
Place of birth Carlton, Victoria
Date of death 3 August 1960(1960-08-03) (aged 81)
Place of death Mt Gambier, South Australia
Original team(s) Carlton Juniors
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Position(s) Follower
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1899 Melbourne 012 0(4)
1900–01; 1903–11 Carlton 197 (86)
Total 209 (90)
Coaching career3
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1909–1911 Carlton 47 (34–11–2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1911.
Career highlights
  • Carlton premiership player (1906, 1907)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Fred "Pompey" Elliott (7 April 1879 – 3 August 1960[1]) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Elliott made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in round 1 of the 1900 season. He had previously spent a year playing with Melbourne.[2] He was named as Carlton's captain for the 1908 season and became captain-coach when Jack Worrall resigned midway through 1909.[3] Elliott retired from the game after the 1911 season as the first player to reach 200 VFL games.

He later played a single game for Footscray, the 1912 VFA Grand Final, being brought in to the team in an unsuccessful attempt to counter Dave McNamara, who was an influential player in Essendon Association's victory.[4]

References

  1. ↑ How Carlton helped "Pompey" through
  2. ↑ Main, Jim; Holmesby, Russell (1992). The Encyclopedia of League Footballers. Melbourne, Victoria: Wilkinson Books. p. 114. ISBN 1-86337-085-4.
  3. ↑ "News 1864–2006". Official AFL Website of the Carlton Football Club. 27 June 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  4. ↑ "THE ASSOCIATION PREMIERSHIP". The Argus (20, 651). Victoria, Australia. 30 September 1912. p. 6.


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