Fred Swift
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Frederick Norman Swift (6 July 1938 – 28 April 1983) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also played first grade cricket with the Eaglehawk Cricket Club[1] in the Bendigo and District Cricket Association.
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Fred Swift | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Frederick Norman Swift | ||
Date of birth | (1938-07-06)6 July 1938 | ||
Date of death | 28 April 1983(1983-04-28) (aged 44) | ||
Place of death | Lockwood, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Sandhurst (BFL) | ||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Utility | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1958–1967 | Richmond | 146 (41) | |
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
1961 | Victoria | 2 | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1967. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 1961. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
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Swift has a special place in the history of the Richmond Football Club as the captain of the drought-breaking 1967 premiership team. He was murdered during a home invasion at his farm at Lockwood, near Bendigo, Victoria, at the age of 44.