Frederick Charles Webster (19 April 1935 – 17 December 2012) 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 for
Melbourne in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
Webster made three appearances in the
1955 VFL season
The 1955 VFL season was the 59th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 16 April until 17 September, and comprised an ...
, after making his debut in a win over Geelong on the
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadiu ...
. His two other games were against Footscray.
The following season, Webster joined
Sandringham Sandringham can refer to:
Places
* Sandringham, New South Wales, Australia
* Sandringham, Queensland, Australia
* Sandringham, Victoria, Australia
**Sandringham railway line
**Sandringham railway station
**Electoral district of Sandringham
* Sand ...
in the
Victorian Football Association, with whom he played until 1963. He was club captain from 1959, won the club's
best and fairest
In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ...
award in 1961,
and led Sandringham to their 1962 premiership. They came from 44 points down in the Grand Final to win by a point.
References
External links
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Australian Football: Zebras Back From The Brink
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1935 births
2012 deaths
Melbourne Football Club players
Sandringham Football Club players
Australian players of Australian rules football
Place of birth missing