Fred Elliott (footballer)

Frederick Thomas "Pompey" Elliott (7 April 1879 – 3 August 1960) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Fred Elliott
Cigarette card of Elliott in 1905
Personal information
Full name Frederick Thomas Elliott
Nickname(s) Pompey
Date of birth 7 April 1879
Place of birth Eaglehawk, Victoria
Date of death 3 August 1960(1960-08-03) (aged 81)
Place of death Mount Gambier, South Australia
Original team(s) Carlton Juniors
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Position(s) Follower
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1899 Melbourne 012 0(4)
1900–01; 1903–11 Carlton 197 (86)
Total 209 (90)
Coaching career3
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1909–1911 Carlton 47 (34–11–2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1911.
Career highlights
  • Carlton premiership player (1906, 1907)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

One of nine children, the third son of bootmaker George Elliott, and Elizabeth Elliot, née Richards, Frederick Thomas Elliott was born at Eaglehawk, Victoria on 7 April 1879.

He married Adelaide Matthews in 1913.

Football

Melbourne (VFL)

He made his VFL debut for Melbourne against St Kilda on 13 May 1899.[2][3]

Carlton (VFL)

Elliott made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in round 1 of the 1900 season. He had previously spent a year playing with Melbourne.[4]

North Fremantle (WAFL)

He played for North Fremantle for the 1902 season.

Carlton (VFL)

Cleared from North Fremantle on 29 April 1903, he returned to Carlton.[5]

He was named as Carlton's captain for the 1908 season,[6] and became captain-coach when Jack Worrall resigned midway through 1909.[7] Elliott retired from the game after the 1911 season as the first player to reach 200 VFL games.

Footscray (VFA)

He later played a single game for Footscray, the 1912 VFA Grand Final, being brought in to the team in an unsuccessful attempt to counter Dave McNamara, who was an influential player in Essendon Association's victory.[8]

Military service

Employed as a tailor in Bendigo, Elliott enlisted in the First AIF in July 1915. He was wounded in action in August 1916. Having returned to Australia on SS City of Poona on 14 May 1919, he was discharged from the AIF on 6 July 1919.

Footnotes
  1. How Carlton helped "Pompey" through
  2. Football, The Argus, (Monday, 15 May 1899), p.7.
  3. Melbourne Football Team, Melbourne Punch, (Thursday, 22 June 1899), p.22.
  4. Main, Jim; Holmesby, Russell (1992). The Encyclopedia of League Footballers. Melbourne, Victoria: Wilkinson Books. p. 114. ISBN 1-86337-085-4.
  5. Carlton Football Team, Melbourne Punch, (Thursday, 9 July 19o3), p.15.
  6. Football Captains of the Season, The Australasian, (Saturday, 26 June 1909), p.1594.
  7. "News 1864–2006". Official AFL Website of the Carlton Football Club. 27 June 2006. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  8. "THE ASSOCIATION PREMIERSHIP". The Argus (20, 651). Victoria, Australia. 30 September 1912. p. 6.

References
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