Fred Flanagan (28 March 1924 – 14 January 2013) was an
Australian rules footballer in the (then)
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). I ...
(VFL).
Flanagan was a gifted centre half-forward from Swan Hill who was a magnificent mark and kick. He played his whole career with
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition, and are the 2 ...
.
In 1998 Flanagan was inducted into the
Australian Football Hall of Fame
The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, the Centenary year of the Australian Football League, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football by players, umpires, media personalities, co ...
.
Flanagan died on 14 January 2013, aged 88.
In response to his death, the
CEO
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especiall ...
of the Geelong Football Club,
Brian Cook, said Flanagan "was a great man and a great Geelong man (...)
holoved the club and the people that made up the club".
Career highlights
Playing career:
* Geelong 1946–55 (Games: 163 Goals: 182)
Player honors:
* 2nd
Brownlow Medal
The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the "best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by ...
1950
* Geelong
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 ...
1949
* Geelong leading goalkicker 1954
* Geelong captain 1951–1953
* Geelong premierships 1951 (captain), 1952 (captain)
* Geelong Team of the Century
* Victorian representative 21 matches (21 games, 13 goals).
Footnotes
References
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External links
AFL Hall of Fame
Geelong Football Club players
Geelong Football Club Premiership players
Geelong Football Club captains
Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees
Carji Greeves Medal winners
1924 births
2013 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
People from Swan Hill
Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
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