Fred Stafford

Fred Stafford

Personal information
Date of birth	3 August 1926
Date of death	10 July 2009(2009-07-10) (aged 82)
Original team(s)	Northcote (VFA)
Debut	Round 1, 1947, Carlton vs. Melbourne
Height / weight	173 cm, 74 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1947–1952	Carlton	102 (68)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1952.
Career highlights
Carlton Premiers 1947

Fred Stafford (3 August 1926 – 10 July 2009^[1]) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

He kicked the winning goal in the dying seconds of the 1947 VFL Grand Final.^[2]

References

↑ Lovett, Michael (ed.). AFL Record Season Guide 2010. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-9806274-5-9.
↑ "Essendon Overdid Short Passing.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 29 September 1947. p. 18. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

Carlton Football Club 1947 VFL premiers

Carlton 13.8 (86) defeated Essendon 11.19 (85), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Hands 3. Bennett 5. Bailey 6. Henfry (c) 7. Turner 8. Fitzgibbon 10. Stafford 12. Williams 13. Howell 15. Brown 20. Garby 21. Baxter 23. Deacon 25. Baird 26. Clark 27. Grieve 28. Davies 29. Greenshields 33. Green 35. Conley

Coach: Bentley

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