Fred Beeson

Fred Beeson
Personal information
Full name Frederick James Beeson
Date of birth (1901-10-22)22 October 1901
Place of birth Kensington, Victoria
Date of death 3 August 1956(1956-08-03) (aged 54)
Place of death Castlemaine, Victoria
Original team(s) Benalla
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1924–1925 Fitzroy (VFL)   2 (2)
1925–1926 Coburg (VFA) 11 (2)
1927 Northcote (VFA)   5 (14)
1928 Yarraville (VFA)   2 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1928.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Frederick James Beeson (22 October 1901 – 3 August 1956) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of John Charles Beeson (1876-1906),[2][3] and Agnes Louisa Beeson (1879-1952), née Schwab,[4] later Mrs. George Edward Lawton,[5] Frederick James Beeson was born at Kensington, Victoria on 22 October 1901.[6]

He married Lillian Emilie Maynard (1908-1994) in 1928.[7]

Football

External images
image icon Fred Beeson, Benalla F.C. (1923).[8]
image icon Fred Beeson, Coburg F.C. (1926).[9]

Beeson was recruited from the Benalla Football Club, where he kicked 68 goals in the Ovens and Murray Football League in 1923.[10]

Beeson kicked two goals on his VFL debut with Fitzroy against Carlton up until he was injured.[11]

He later played for Coburg,[9] Northcote, and Yarraville.[12]

Boxing

Beeson was also an amateur boxer.[13]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 57.
  2. ^ Deaths: Beeson, The Age, (Monday, 27 August 1906), p.1.
  3. ^ Fatal Fall from Loft, The Argus, (Monday, 27 August 1906), p.6.
  4. ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.5635/1897.
  5. ^ Deaths: Lawton, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Monday, 21 July 1952), p. 8.
  6. ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration no.27797/1901.
  7. ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.12194/1928.
  8. ^ Successful Forward, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 4 August 1923), p. 71.
  9. ^ a b Useful Coburg Forward: Former League Performer, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 22 May 1926), p 6.
  10. ^ "1924 - Fitzroy recruit - Fred Beeson". The Age. 7 April 1924. p. 6. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  11. ^ "1924 - Football in country districts". Weekly Times. 3 May 1924. p. 77. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  12. ^ The VFA Project.
  13. ^ Boxing: Beeson—Sellars Contest, The Benalla Standard, (Tuesday, 18 September 1923), p. 4.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.


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