Fred Swift

Fred Swift

Infobox afl player | firstname = Fred
lastname = Swift


birthdate = birth date|1938|7|6|df=y
birthplace =
originalteam = Sandhurst
heightweight = 183cm / 82.5kg
dead = dead
deathdate = 1983
deathplace =
debutdate = 1958
debutteam = Richmond
debutopponent =
debutstadium =
playingteams = Richmond (1958-1967)

146 games, 41 goals
coach = notcoach
statsend = 2006
careerhighlights =

*Richmond Premiership Player 1967
*Richmond Captain 1967
*Interstate Games:- 2

Fred Swift (6 July 1938 - 1983) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL in between 1958 and 1967 for the Richmond Football Club.

Swift was killed by home invaders in 1983. The "Fred Swift Medal" is awarded in his honour each season to the player who finishes fourth in Richmond's Best and Fairest count.

References

* Hogan P: "The Tigers Of Old" , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
* Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). "The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers". 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.


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