Fred Way (born 9 February 1944) is a former

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 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). A knock ruckman, Way played six games in his debut season in 1964 and played with Berrigan in 1965, then played 18 games with South Melbourne in 1966. Way returned to play with Berrigan in 1967 and 1968 and won the 1968 Murray Football League’s O’Dwyer Medal and played in Berrigan's 1968 premiership team. Way was lured back to South Melbourne to play under

Norm Smith Norman Walter Smith (21 November 1915 – 29 July 1973) was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League (VFL). After more than 200 games as a player with and , Smith began a twenty-year coaching career, inc ...

and had a successful season in 1969 when he finished second in his club's best and fairest. He also represented Victoria at the

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and in 1970 played VFL finals football for the first time. Way was based in

Berrigan, New South Wales Berrigan is a town on the Riverina Highway in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Berrigan is in the Berrigan Shire Local government in Australia, local government area and contains the Berrigan Shire Council offices. At the , ...

and use to drive down to Melbourne in his truck on a Friday night, unload the truck and stay at Norm Smith's house. He would then get up in the morning, load the truck, play for South Melbourne and then drive home. His son Tony played Under 19's and Reserves football with Collingwood from 1987 to 1989.

References

* Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

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* 1944 births Australian rules footballers from New South Wales Sydney Swans players Living people {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub