Fred Kennett Explained

Fred Kennett
Fullname:	Frederick James Kennett
Birth Date:	17 April 1908
Birth Place:	Brunswick, Victoria
Death Place:	Strathmore, Victoria
Originalteam:	Brunswick
Height:	168 cm
Weight:	63 kg
Statsend:	1928
Years1:	1928
Games Goals1:	1 (0)

Frederick James Kennett (17 April 1908 – 24 August 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Frederick John Kennett (1880-1969),^[2] and Margaret Isabella Kennett (1885-1933), née McLellan,^[3] Frederick James Kennett was born at Brunswick, Victoria on 17 April 1908.

He married Mary Kathleen Dee (1907-1966) in 1931.^[4]

Football

Kennett was granted a clearance from the Brunswick Football Club in the VFA to the South Melbourne Football Club in the VFL on 18 April 1928.^[5] He was granted a clearance from South Melbourne back to Brunswick on 23 May 1929.^[6] He was granted a clearance from Brunswick to the Fairfield Football Club, in the Sub-District Football League, on 13 June 1934.^[7]

Death

He died (suddenly) at Strathmore, Victoria on 24 August 1984.^[8]

References

• Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.
• World War Two Nominal Roll: Corporal Frederick James Kennett (V311406), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
• A13860, V311406: World War Two Service Record: Corporal Frederick James Kennett (V311406), National Archives of Australia.
• B884, V311406: World War Two Service Record: Corporal Frederick James Kennett (V311406), National Archives of Australia.

External links

• • • Fred Kennett, at The VFA Project.

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.474.
2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JRdVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cpMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3489%2C5850295 Deaths: Kennett, The Age, (Monday, 30 June 1969), p.14.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203365619 Deaths: Kennett, The Age, (Monday, 4 December 1933), p.1.
4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SgIRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YZMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2769%2C3857323 Deaths: Kennett, The Age, (Tuesday, 23 August 1966), p.20.
5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3925949 Football: League Permits Granted, The Argus, (Thursday, 19 April 1928), p.4.
6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3950644 Football: Permits Granted, The Argus, (Thursday, 24 May 1928), p.4.
7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10946414 Permits Granted, The Argus, (Thursday, 14 June 1934), p.11.
8. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vDERAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_5QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3320%2C6216813 Deaths: Kennett, The Age, (Monday, 27 August 1984), p.17.