Fred Goldsmith (Australian footballer)

Fred Goldsmith
Fred Goldsmith
Personal information
Date of birth	20 August 1932
Date of death	13 April 2017 (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
1951–1959	South Melbourne
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1959.
Career highlights
	1955 Brownlow Medalist; 1956 Simpson Medalist; 1957 South Melbourne leading goalkicker; 2003 Swans "Team of the Century";
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Fred Goldsmith (20 August 1932 – 13 April 2017)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

A fireman, Goldsmith started his career in 1951 as a half forward flanker, having been recruited by South Melbourne from Spotswood.

In 1952, he was shifted to fullback; and, in 1955, he became the first ever (and so far, only) specialist fullback to win the Brownlow Medal.^[2]

To the astonishment of all, in 1956, South Melbourne decided to play its 1955 Brownlow Medallist fullback at full-forward. He played at full-forward for the remainder of his career. In 1957, he was South Melbourne's leading goalkicker with 43 goals.

He was captain-coach of the Albury Football Club in the Ovens & Murray Football League from 1960 to 1965. In 1966 he played nine games with Port Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football Association.

Goldsmith's 1955 Brownlow Medal attained $43,700 at an auction of sporting memorabilia conducted by Christie's on 17 April 2000.^[3]

He was selected as an interchange player in the South Melbourne/Sydney Swans's "Team of the Century"' announced on 8 August 2003.

In a 1958 competition, held at the Lake Oval, Goldsmith kicked a drop kick that travelled 80yds 1 ft (241 ft, 73.46m).^[4]

Fred Goldsmith has five great children, 16 grandchildren and three great grandchildren

References[]

^ "Vale Fred Goldsmith: Brownlow winner dies at 84". AFL.com.au. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
^ Jim Main, Aussie Rules: For Dummies (2nd edition, 2008) p 72.
^ "Brownlow trivia". Footystats.freeservers.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
^ "Long kicks and the men who made them". Footystats.freeservers.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

External links[]

Fred Goldsmith's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Fred Goldsmith at AustralianFootball.com

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[1] "Vale Fred Goldsmith: Brownlow winner dies at 84". AFL.com.au. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

[2] Jim Main, Aussie Rules: For Dummies (2nd edition, 2008) p 72.

[3] "Brownlow trivia". Footystats.freeservers.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

[4] "Long kicks and the men who made them". Footystats.freeservers.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

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v t Simpson Medal winners
WAFL Grand Finals	1945: Ebbs 1946: Loughridge 1947: Eriksson 1948: Ingraham 1949: Larcombe 1950: Lewington 1951: Porter 1952: Kelly 1953: Marsh 1954: Tyson 1955: M. McIntosh 1956: Parentich 1957: Conway 1958: Bull 1959: Farmer 1960: Foley 1961: Slater 1962: Sorrell 1963: Bagley 1964: Rogers 1965: Imrie 1966: Cable 1967: Cable 1968: Cable 1969: Dempsey 1970: Ciccotosto 1971: Sheridan 1972: McAullay 1973: Blair 1974: Gibellini/Pretty 1975: Whinnen 1976: Day 1977: Rosbender 1978: Miller 1979: K. Taylor 1980: Rioli 1981: Shaw/Rioli 1982: Melrose 1983: Shine 1984: Kimberley 1985: B. Taylor 1986: Zanotti 1987: Thorne 1988: Lee 1989: Allan 1990: Walker 1991: Kickett 1992: Browning 1993: Kickett 1994: Amaranti 1995: Harris 1996: Ridley 1997: Hynes 1998: Bromage 1999: Kelly 2000: Cox 2001: Turnbull 2002: Turnbull 2003: LeCras 2004: Vines 2005: McGrath 2006: Webb 2007: B. Smith 2008: Hall 2009: Hams 2010: Krakouer 2011: Wilkes 2012: Medhurst 2013: Hutchings 2014: Bristow 2015: Boland 2016: Blakely 2017: Ryan 2018: Horsley 2019: Sokol 2020: Bolton
Interstate Rep. Matches	1948: Curran (VIC) 1949: Heal (WA) 1951: Buttsworth (WA) 1952: M. McIntosh (WA) 1954: Harper (WA) 1955: Williams (SA) 1956: Farmer (WA)/Goldsmith (VIC) 1957: Whitten (VIC) 1958: Farmer (WA) 1959: Watts (WA) 1960: Aylett (VIC) 1962: Sorrell (WA)/Harper (WA) 1963: Sarre (WA) 1964: Shearman (SA) 1965: Murray (WA)/Spargo (WA) 1967: Walker (WA) 1968: Nicholls (VIC) 1970: Stiles (WA) 1971: Knights (VIC) 1973: Featherby (WA) 1974: Alexander (WA) 1975: Magro (WA) 1976: Elliott (WA) 1977: Moss (WA)/James (SA)/Cable (WA) 1978: Knights (VIC) 1979: Cornes (SA) 1981: Beasley (WA)/Buckenara (WA)/Krakouer (WA) 1982: Browning (WA)/K. Taylor (WA) 1983: Michael (WA)/Rioli (WA) 1984: Hardie (WA) 1985: Bradley (SA)/Weightman (VIC) 1986: Hardie (WA) 1987: McDermott (SA)/Bews (VIC) 1988: Allan (WA)/Thorne (WA)/Healy (VIC) 1989: Dunstall (VIC) 1990: Madden (VIC)/Allan (WA) 1991: Harding (WA)/Retzlaff (WA) 1993: Atkins (WA) 1994: Symmons (WA) 1995: Treleven (WA) 1996: Snow (WA) 1997: Dorotich (WA) 1998: Irving (WA) 1999: Tregenza (WA) 2000: Campbell (WA) 2002: Johnson (WA) 2003: Webster (WA) 2004: Bossong (WA) 2005: Priddis (WA) 2006: Hayes (WA) 2007: Hay (WA) 2008: Richardson (WA) 2009: LeCras (WA) 2010: Blackwell (WA) 2011: J. Smith (WA) 2012: Johnson (WA) 2013: Twomey (WA) 2014: Hams (WA) 2015: Davis (WA) 2016: Bolton (WA) 2017: Saunders (WA) 2018: Bolton (WA) 2019: Deluca (WA)
Interstate Carnivals/Tours	1950: Maffina 1953: M. McIntosh 1961: Gabelich 1964: Chadwick 1966: J. McIntosh 1969: Cable/Farmer 1972: McAullay 1988: Lamb
Interstate Club Matches	1946: Richards (Coll) (East Frem v Collingwood) 1947: Jenkins (SF) (South Frem v Essendon)

v t Sydney Swans: Team of the Century
Full-back	John Rantall John Heriot Vic Belcher
Half-back	Bill Faul Ron Clegg Dennis Carroll
Centre	David Murphy Greg Williams Herbie Matthews
Half-forward	Tony Morwood Laurie Nash Gerard Healy
Full-forward	Bob Pratt Tony Lockett Paul Kelly
Ruck	Barry Round Peter Bedford Bob Skilton (c)
Interchange	Bill Williams Stephen Wright Daryn Cresswell Fred Goldsmith Mark Bayes Harry Clarke Mark Tandy
Coach	Jack Bisset

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 2003 Swans "Team of the Century"
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com