Fred Blackham
Melbourne
AFL career
2 games0 goals
- Debut
- R1 1897 v SME8 May 1897
- Most recent
- R2 1897 v GEE15 May 1897
Stats
Bio
Recruited from Brighton, Fred Blackham arrived at Melbourne with a notable sporting lineage as the younger brother of Australian Test cricket captain Jack "Black Jack" Blackham. He etched his name into the record books as a member of the club's inaugural VFL side, featuring in the historic Round 1 clash against South Melbourne at the Lake Oval in 1897. His top-level tenure was brief, consisting of only two senior appearances in the league's opening fortnight before he drifted out of the side. While he did not register a goal or a long-term impact on the football field, Blackham remained a fixture in Victorian sport for decades, playing grade cricket for Carlton and Essendon and umpiring well into his seventies.
Profile
- Born
- 06 Apr 1873
- Died
- 31 Jan 1967 (aged 93y 300d)
- Birthplace
- North Melbourne, VIC
- Deathplace
- Melbourne, VIC
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from Brighton, Fred Blackham arrived at Melbourne with a notable sporting lineage as the younger brother of Australian Test cricket captain Jack "Black Jack" Blackham. He etched his name into the record books as a member of the club's inaugural VFL side, featuring in the historic Round 1 clash against South Melbourne at the Lake Oval in 1897. His top-level tenure was brief, consisting of only two senior appearances in the league's opening fortnight before he drifted out of the side. While he did not register a goal or a long-term impact on the football field, Blackham remained a fixture in Victorian sport for decades, playing grade cricket for Carlton and Essendon and umpiring well into his seventies.