DOB: 21 July 1886
Died: 9 September 1960
Debut: Round 9, 1907 against Essendon at East Melbourne
Last MFC Game: Round 6, 1913 against South Melbourne at Lake Oval
From: Heyfield/Hawthorn
Games: 81 (89 total)
Goals: 39
Career Statistics
Wins | Draws | Losses | Winning % |
31 | 1 | 49 | 38.27 |
A defender and midfielder, Fitzpatrick represented the VFL against the Bendigo League in a representative match during 1912.
Left Melbourne for Stratford midway through 1910 and only returned to the VFL in Round 9, 1911. In July 1912 he joined Maffra.
After 81 games over seven seasons Fitzpatrick initially requested a clearance to Prahran, then joined Richmond in July 1913 season and played out the rest of the season there. He rejoined Maffra in 1914, and was cleared back to Melbourne in the middle of 1915 but did not play another senior match before retiring from football in 1919.
His brother trialled in the 1915 pre-season but didn't join the club.
Year | Games | Goals | |
1907 | 8 | 5 | |
1908 | 17 | 9 | |
1909 | 17 | 13 | |
1910 | 11 | 5 | |
1911 | 8 | 3 | |
1912 | 14 | 2 | |
1913 | 6 | 2 |
Lists
Richmond
Two clubs in the same season
Notes
Some sources show him wearing #30 in 1913, Football Record R4 shows him in #12.
Media
Gippsland Times - 07/05/1908
Maffra Spectator - 19/04/1909
Gippsland Times - 04/07/1910
Maffra Spectator - 25/07/1912
Herald - 27/06/1913
The Argus - 03/07/1913
Traralgon Record - 18/09/1914
Punch - 22/04/1915
Football Record 1915
Gippsland Times - 08/09/1919
Links
Australian Football profile
Tigerland Archive profile
Wikipedia profile