Fred Pearce
Collingwood
AFL career
4 games1 goals
- Debut
- R6 1938 v NTH28 May 1938
- Most recent
- R9 1938 v FSC18 June 1938
Stats
Bio
A local product born in Collingwood, Fred Pearce was recruited from North Fitzroy and worked his way through the reserves before earning a senior call-up in 1938. Utilised as a forward pocket, he played four consecutive mid-season matches and booted his solitary VFL goal during a victory over St Kilda at Victoria Park. His brief career at the top level serves as a snapshot of the pre-war era, and like many young men of his generation, his athletic prime was overshadowed by global conflict; he later served with the Australian Army in World War II, seeing active combat on the Kokoda Track in New Guinea.
Profile
- Born
- 04 Sept 1916
- Died
- 08 May 1964 (aged 47y 247d)
- Height
- 175 cm
- Weight
- 75 kg
Teams
- Collingwood4 games, 1 goals1938
Bio
1 revisionA local product born in Collingwood, Fred Pearce was recruited from North Fitzroy and worked his way through the reserves before earning a senior call-up in 1938. Utilised as a forward pocket, he played four consecutive mid-season matches and booted his solitary VFL goal during a victory over St Kilda at Victoria Park. His brief career at the top level serves as a snapshot of the pre-war era, and like many young men of his generation, his athletic prime was overshadowed by global conflict; he later served with the Australian Army in World War II, seeing active combat on the Kokoda Track in New Guinea.