Fred Mann (25 October 1878 – 22 February 1970) was an
Australian rules football
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er who played with
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
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in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL).
Mann, recruited from Leopold but born in England, played his first VFL game in 1901. In his first season, he was a member of Essendon's premiership team and played in their Grand Final loss a year later, in 1902.
A defender, he spent the rest of the decade in the
West Australian Football League
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, first at
East Fremantle
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Etymology
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for a season in 1904 and then at
South Fremantle for a longer stint which saw him play 77 games.
Ken Mann, his grandson, as well as
Peter Mann
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, his great-grandson, played in the VFL/AFL.
References
1878 births
1970 deaths
Essendon Football Club players
Essendon Football Club Premiership players
East Fremantle Football Club players
South Fremantle Football Club players
Leopold Football Club (MJFA) players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
VFL/AFL players born in England
One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
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