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Clive Fergie Personal information Full name Clive Alfred Fergie Date of birth 20 December 1895 Date of death 12 August 1960 Original team Scotch College Height/Weight 168 cm / 70 kg Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1915-1916
1919-1924Fitzroy 67 (42) 1 Playing statistics to end of 1924 season .Clive Alfred Fergie (20 December 1895 - 12 August 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Fergie played his early football at Scotch College before starting his league career in 1915.[1] After appearing in the opening three rounds of the 1916 VFL season, he embarked for Europe to serve with the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion in the war and would fight on the Western Front. He was awarded both a British War Medal and Victory Medal for his war service.[2]
He returned to Australia in 1919 and played seven games for Fitzroy that year.[3] In 1922 he was Fitzroy's first rover in their premiership side and also played in their team which lost the 1923 VFL Grand Final.[3]
References
- ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- ^ "Clive Alfred FERGIE". The AIF Project. http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=95969.
- ^ a b AFL Tables: Clive Fergie
Fitzroy Football Club 1922 VFL Premiers Fitzroy 11.13 (79) defeated Collingwood 9.14 (68), at the Melbourne Cricket GroundCoach: BelcherCategories:- 1895 births
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria
- Fitzroy Football Club players
- Old Scotch Football Club players
- Australian military personnel of World War I
- 1960 deaths
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