Fred Cook (Australian footballer born 1922)

Fred Cook
Personal information
Date of birth (1922-12-04)4 December 1922
Place of birth Croydon, Victoria
Date of death 16 May 1971(1971-05-16) (aged 48)
Original team(s) Croydon
Height / weight 180 cm / 77 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1944–1949 Richmond 81 (11)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949.

Fred Cook (4 December 1922 – 16 May 1971)[1] was an Australian rules football player for Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League and also served in the RAAF.[2] Cook was originally from Croydon and played 81 games between 1944 and 1949, including the 1944 VFL Grand Final, which Richmond lost to Fitzroy. His identical twin brother Keith Cook also played league football for Richmond.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Fred Cook - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "WWII Nominal Roll".
  3. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 123. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.

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