Fred Pearce | |||
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![]() Pearce in 1938 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Frederick Herbert Pearce | ||
Date of birth | 4 September 1916 | ||
Place of birth | Collingwood, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 8 May 1964 | (aged 47)||
Place of death | Abbotsford, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | North Fitzroy | ||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1938 | Collingwood | 4 (1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Frederick Herbert Pearce (4 September 1916 – 8 May 1964) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]
The son of Edmund John Pearce (1878–1946), and Lillian Pearce (1882–1947), née Andrews, [2] Frederick Herbert Pearce was born at Collingwood, Victoria on 4 September 1916.
He married Joyce Lorraine Miller (1917–?) in 1940.
Pearce served in the Australian Army during World War II, [3] and saw active service in New Guinea where his battalion was involved in the fight against the Japanese at Isurava on the Kokoda Tack in 1942. He suffered from both dengue fever and malaria while serving. [4]
He died at Abbotsford, Victoria on 8 May 1964. [5]
Fred Pearce | |||
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![]() Pearce in 1938 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Frederick Herbert Pearce | ||
Date of birth | 4 September 1916 | ||
Place of birth | Collingwood, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 8 May 1964 | (aged 47)||
Place of death | Abbotsford, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | North Fitzroy | ||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1938 | Collingwood | 4 (1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Frederick Herbert Pearce (4 September 1916 – 8 May 1964) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]
The son of Edmund John Pearce (1878–1946), and Lillian Pearce (1882–1947), née Andrews, [2] Frederick Herbert Pearce was born at Collingwood, Victoria on 4 September 1916.
He married Joyce Lorraine Miller (1917–?) in 1940.
Pearce served in the Australian Army during World War II, [3] and saw active service in New Guinea where his battalion was involved in the fight against the Japanese at Isurava on the Kokoda Tack in 1942. He suffered from both dengue fever and malaria while serving. [4]
He died at Abbotsford, Victoria on 8 May 1964. [5]