Fred Nixon (Australian footballer)

Fred Nixon (26 September 1874 – 12 March 1933) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]

Fred Nixon
Personal information
Full name Frederick Nixon
Date of birth (1874-09-26)26 September 1874
Place of birth Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Date of death 12 March 1933(1933-03-12) (aged 58) [1]
Place of death Prahran, Victoria[2]
Original team(s) Corowa
Position(s) Full Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1903–04 St Kilda 22 (21)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Nixon was recruited from the Corowa Football Club in the Ovens and Murray Football League.

Nixon returned to play with Corowa after his stint with St. Kilda. [4]

In 1906 Nixon, the Corowa FC captain controversially leaves Corowa for financial reasons to go and play with Rutherglen Football Club. [5]

Notes
  1. "1933 - Fred Nixon Obituary". Trove Newspapers. The Corowa Free Press.
  2. "Family Notices". The Argus (27, 011). Victoria, Australia. 13 March 1933. p. 1.
  3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 659. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  4. "1906 - Corowa FC Team". Trove Newspapers. The Corowa Chronicle.
  5. "Nixon leaves Corowa FC". Trove Newspapers. The Corowa Chronicle.


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