Fred McGinis

Fred McGinis
Personal information

Birth	19 November 1876
Recruited from	City (Hobart)
Height and weight	175 cm / 74 kg
Death	30 March 1953(1953-03-30) (aged 76),
Playing career¹
Team(s)	Melbourne (1897–1901) 84 games, 36 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1901 season

Fred McGinis (19 November 1876, in Hobart – 30 March 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

McGinis played with Melbourne prior to their inception to the VFL, making his debut for the club aged seventeen in 1894. A rover, he starred for Melbourne in their debut season in the VFL. He was a premiership player with Melbourne in 1900 but vision difficulties two years later forced him out of the game and he returned to Tasmania.

References

Fred McGinis's statistics from AFL Tables
Full Points Footy Biography: Fred McGinis
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Melbourne Football Club 1900 VFL Premiers

Melbourne 4.10 (34) defeated Fitzroy 3.12 (30), at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: Wardill \| Cumberland \| Gardner \| Geddes \| Hay \| Herring \| Langley \| Leith \| Lewis \| McClelland \| McGinis \| Moodie \| Parkin \| Purse \| Rippon \| Ryan \| Sholl \| Young

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Name	Macginis, Fred
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Date of birth	19 November 1876
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Date of death	30 March 1953
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