Arthur Henry Fox Jr. (26 March 1924 – 15 June 1953) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played with
South Melbourne in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
The son of
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football team playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Between its inception in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victo ...
player
Arthur Fox, Sr., Fox arrived in Melbourne from Red Cliffs. His best season came in 1949 when he played 18 of a possible 19 games for South Melbourne. A wingman, he was selected to represent the VFL interstate team that year in Adelaide.
Once his time at South Melbourne ended he returned to Red Cliffs as coach for two seasons, in 1951 and 1952. He joined
Wimmera Football League club Rupanyup in 1953 but his time with them was short. On 16 June 1953, Fox was driving from Rupanyup on the
Calder Highway when he crashed his motor cycle, near
Ouyen. He was rushed to a hospital in Mildura but never regained consciousness and died aged 29.
['' The Argus'']
"Wimmera Football Star Dies"
16 June 1953
References
* Hillier, K. (2004) Like Father Like Son, Pennon Publishing, Melbourne. .
Sources
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1924 births
1953 deaths
Sydney Swans players
Rupanyup Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Road incident deaths in Victoria (state)
Motorcycle road incident deaths
Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
Royal Australian Air Force airmen