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Key Facts

Full name
Patrick Fricker

Known as
Pat Fricker

Born
9 March 1916

Died
24 August 1970 (aged 54)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 19y 98d
Last game: 28y 135d

Height and weight
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 70 kg

Senior clubs
Collingwood

Jumper numbers
Collingwood: 12, 25, 18, 26, 7, 33

Pat Fricker

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
CollingwoodV/AFL1935-1941, 194471180.2558%13.22—4.226
Total1935-1941, 194471180.2558%13.22—4.226

Pre 1965 stats are for selected matches only

AFL: 4,280th player to appear, 3,382nd most games played, 3,914th most goals kickedCollingwood: 383rd player to appear, 262nd most games played, 336th most goals kicked

Pat Fricker was captain of Collingwood in 1944, his final season with the club. Given that he was never exactly sure of his place in the side, this was quite a noteworthy achievement. Between 1935 and 1944 he played just 71 VFL games for the Magpies and kicked 18 goals. Collingwood played in four successive grand finals during Fricker’s career but he played only in the last of them, a loss to Melbourne in 1939.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Publications

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.