Ron Frederickson
Appearance
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Full name | Ronald Herbert Frederickson | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia | 22 October 1918|||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 21 May 1987 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 68)|||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Ronald Herbert Frederickson (22 October 1918 – 21 May 1987) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s.[2]
Career
[edit]Frederickson was graded from the Barton United RLFC in 1935 and reached First Grade the following year. A five-eighth with great skills, Frederickson had many fine seasons at St. George although he suffered many bad injuries and broken bones during his career.[3] He retired at the end of 1940 due to his enlistment in the Australian Army in World War II.
War service
[edit]After joining the AIF in 1941, he served until his discharge in 1944 and then joined the RAAF as a Leading Aircraftman until the end of the war.[4]
Death
[edit]Frederickson died on 21 May 1987 in Campbelltown, New South Wales aged 68.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ron Frederickson - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
- ^ Whiticker/Hudson "The Encyclopedia Of Rugby League Players" 1995 edition
- ^ Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 4 July 1939 "St George Players Injured" page 14 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/247778370?searchTerm=r.frederickson&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales%7C%7C%7Cl-decade=193
- ^ WW2 Roll RAAF http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=R&veteranId=1034746
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 1987 deaths
- St. George Dragons players
- Australian Army personnel of World War II
- Australian rugby league players
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- Rugby league five-eighths
- Australian Army soldiers
- Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
- Royal Australian Air Force airmen
- Australian rugby league biography, 1910s birth stubs