Fred Webster | |
Fullname: | Frederick Charles Webster |
Birth Date: | 19 April 1935 |
Height: | 183 cm |
Weight: | 84 kg |
Statsend: | 1963 |
Years1: | 1955 |
Club1: | Melbourne |
Games Goals1: | 3 (2) |
Years2: | 1956–63 |
Club2: | Sandringham |
Games Goals2: | 153 |
Frederick Charles Webster (19 April 1935 - 17 December 2012)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
Webster made three appearances in the 1955 VFL season, after making his debut in a win over Geelong on the Melbourne Cricket Ground. His two other games were against Footscray.
The following season, Webster joined Sandringham in the Victorian Football Association,[3] with whom he played until 1963. He was club captain from 1959, won the club's best and fairest award in 1961,[4] and led Sandringham to their 1962 premiership. They came from 44 points down in the Grand Final to win by a point.