Fred Goldsmith (Australian footballer)

Fred Goldsmith (20 August 1932 – 13 April 2017) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Fred Goldsmith
Personal information
Date of birth (1932-08-20)20 August 1932
Date of death 13 April 2017(2017-04-13) (aged 84)
Original team(s) Spotswood (FDFL)
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s) Full-back, full-forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1951–1959 South Melbourne 119 (107)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1959.
Career highlights
  • 1955 Brownlow Medalist
  • 1956 Simpson Medalist
  • 1957 South Melbourne leading goalkicker (43)
  • 1964 O&MFL leading goalkicker (81)
  • 2003 Swans "Team of the Century"
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Goldsmith as a seventeen year old in 1950, once kicked 29 goals in a match for Spotswood against Kingsville in the Footscray District Football League. His club was zoned to South Melbourne.

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