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Key Facts

Full name
Frederick Scott

Known as
Fred Scott

Born
11 April 1874

Died
8 July 1969 (aged 95)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 25y 32d
Last game: 30y 26d

Senior clubs
Essendon; Carlton

Recruited from
Essendon (1902)

Fred Scott

ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
EssendonV/AFL1899-190133250.7664%0
CarltonV/AFL1902-190417110.6541%0
V/AFL1899-190450360.7256%0
Total1899-190450360.7256%0

AFL: 450th player to appear, 4,282nd most games played, 2,594th most goals kickedEssendon: 50th player to appear, 442nd most games played, 281st most goals kickedCarlton: 132nd player to appear, 601st most games played, 405th most goals kicked

Recruited locally by Essendon, Fred Scott was a talented, high leaping half forward and full forward of whom the only major criticism would be that he kicked insufficient goals. He booted a total of 25 in 32 VFL games for the Same Old between 1899 and 1901. After not being selected in Essendon’s 1901 grand final team Scott was cleared to Carlton where he played 17 games and scored 11 goals from 1902 until one round into the 1904 season, when he transferred to Brunswick in the VFA, going on to finish his playing career with just three appearances and a couple of goals for that club.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Publications

Footnotes

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