Clive Alfred Fergie (20 December 1895 – 13 August 1960) was an
Australian rules footballer who played with
Fitzroy Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to:
People As a given name
*Several members of the Somerset family (Dukes of Beaufort) have this as a middle-name:
**FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855)
** Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beau ...
in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
(VFL).
Fergie played his early football at
Scotch College before starting his league career in 1915. After appearing in the opening three rounds of the
1916 VFL season
The 1916 VFL season was the 20th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
Played during the peak of World War I, the season was the smallest and shortest in the ...
, 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
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and
Victory Medal for his war service.
He returned to Australia in 1919 and played seven games for Fitzroy that year.
[AFL Tables: Clive Fergie]
/ref> 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
The 1923 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 20 October 1923. It was the 26th annual Grand Final o ...
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References
1895 births
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Fitzroy Football Club players
Fitzroy Football Club premiership players
Australian military personnel of World War I
1960 deaths
People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne
VFL/AFL premiership players
People from Williamstown, Victoria
Military personnel from Melbourne
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