Ted Fidge

Last updated

Ted Fidge
Personal information
Full name Ted Fidge
Date of birth (1963-06-07) 7 June 1963 (age 60)
Original team(s) St Peter's, East Bentleigh
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1982–1988 Melbourne 42 (61)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1988.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ted Fidge (born 7 June 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Fidge, recruited from St Peter's, started his VFL career in 1982, playing nine games for the season. [1] A forward, Fidge made another nine appearances in 1983 but did not feature at all in the 1984 season; however, he was a member of the Melbourne Reserves premiership team. [1] [2] He kicked 27 goals for Melbourne in 1985, from 15 games, which saw him finish second in their goalkicking. [1] In 1986, he played eight games and missed an entire season again in 1987. [1] He made only one appearance in 1988, but it was memorable, as he was reported for striking Collingwood player Darren Millane, for which he got a six-week suspension. [3] It would be Fidge's last game for Melbourne, as he was delisted at the end of the season after undergoing a groin operation. [4]

He captain-coached Sale in the 1989 and 1990 Latrobe Valley Football League seasons. [5] The club finished third both times. [5]

His younger brother John Fidge also played for Melbourne. [6]

In 2023, aged 60, Fidge told A Current Affair that he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) as a result of his football career, mentioning that medical costs had wiped out his superannuation and that his wife was his full-time carer despite also having a job; they criticised the AFL's lack of support, and Fidge says he will donate his brain to science. [7] [8]

Related Research Articles

Gregory Donald Williams is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Geelong, the Sydney Swans and Carlton in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1980s and 1990s. A midfielder, he is a dual Brownlow Medal winner and at his peak was the then-highest-paid player in the history of the sport, including an under-the-table $200,000 bonus payment. He was also linked to further controversy during the 1990s.

Dale Weightman is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Garry Lyon</span> Australian rules footballer, born 1967

Garry Peter Lyon is a former professional Australian rules football player and was captain of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Since his retirement from football, he has been mainly an Australian rules football media personality, featuring on television, radio and in newspapers. He has also coached during the International Rules Series. He is the most recent VFL/AFL player to kick ten goals in a finals match, having done so in the 1994 Second Semi-Final against Footscray, and the first since Geelong's George Goninon in 1951, 43 years prior.

Craig Edwin Bradley is a former Australian rules footballer and first-class cricketer. He is the games record holder at Carlton in the AFL/VFL, and in elite Australian rules football.

Michael Tuck is a seven-time premiership-winning player, Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) / Australian Football League (AFL).

Shannon Grant is a former Australian rules footballer who was a midfielder in the AFL. He began his career at the Sydney Swans in 1995 before moving to the Kangaroos in 1998 and being a part of their 1999 premiership side, in which he also won the Norm Smith Medal for best on ground. In 1996, he actually played against North Melbourne in the Grand Final, playing on the losing side of Sydney.

Gary James Ayres is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently the senior coach for the Montrose Football Club in the Eastern Football Netball League (EFNL). Ayres' playing career is honored by the existence of the Gary Ayres Award, an annual award given to the player judged best-afield by the AFL Coaches Association throughout each AFL finals series.

Anthony Liberatore is a former Australian rules footballer who represented the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Gary Pert is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Fitzroy and Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL). Tall, well-built and strong in the air, Pert played over 200 league games, despite suffering two serious knee injuries in the prime years of his career. Early in one season, Pert suffered a bizarre injury when he went to his girlfriend's house for dinner and got a biscuit stuck in his oesophagus. The blockage remained overnight and so the following day he underwent an oesophagoscopy under general anaesthetic. He recovered in time for the Round 5 game against Richmond. He returned in 1989, winning Fitzroy's best and fairest.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Josh Fraser</span> Australian rules footballer, born 1982

Joshua Fraser is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Australian Football League</span> Australian rules football competition

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent and only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season in 1897. It changed its name to Australian Football League in 1990 after expanding its competition to other Australian states in the 1980s. The AFL publishes its Laws of Australian football, which are used, with variations, by other Australian football organisations.

Graham Studley CornesOAM is a former Australian rules footballer and coach, as well as a media personality. From 1995 until early 2013, Cornes co-hosted a weekday drivetime sports program that he hosts on Adelaide radio station 5AA, first with Ken "KG" Cunningham and, following Cunningham's retirement in 2008, with Stephen Rowe. In 2012 he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

Barry Thomas Cable MBE is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. Considered one of the greatest rovers in the sport's history, he played in 379 premiership games in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) and the Victorian Football League (VFL), and later coached in both competitions.

Tim McGrath is a former Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club from 1989 to 1991, and the Geelong Football Club from 1992 to 2002, in the Australian Football League (AFL), which was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) when McGrath made his debut for North Melbourne in 1989.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ryan Ferguson (footballer)</span> Australian Rules Footballer

Ryan Ferguson is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He currently serves as head coach of the Richmond Football Club in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Ferguson played 47 AFL matches over five years at the Melbourne Football Club between 2003 and 2007, before a long state league career that included captaining West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and winning the club's best and fairest award on three occasions. He joined Richmond as a development coach in 2015 and was appointed the club's AFLW head coach ahead of the 2021 season.

John Fidge is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian Football League (VFL), Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and Frankston in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).

Anthony "Tony" Burgess is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oscar McDonald</span> Australian rules footballer

Oscar McDonald is a professional Australian rules footballer for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for Carlton and Melbourne. McDonald has played the majority of his career as defender. He is the brother of Tom McDonald, who was a premiership player for Melbourne in 2021.

The Ablett family is one of the most prominent in Australian rules football, with many members playing in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chris Fagan (coach)</span> Australian rules footballer and coach

Christian Fagan is a former Australian rules footballer who is the senior coach of the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He spent his entire playing career in Tasmania, playing 263 senior games with Hobart, Sandy Bay, and Devonport. Before being appointed head coach of Brisbane in October 2016, Fagan had spent long periods as an assistant coach at Melbourne (1999–2007) and Hawthorn (2008–2016).

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 AFL Tables: Ted Fidge
  2. ↑ "Ted Fidge". Demon Wiki.
  3. ↑ Canberra Times , "Brereton out for 6 matches", 7 June 1988, p. 21
  4. ↑ Linnell, Garry; Connolly, Rohan (27 October 1988). "Eagles keen to get Bulldog Royal". The Age. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Coaches". Sale Football Club.
  6. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN   9781920910785.
  7. ↑ "'It's not fair': Former player pleads for AFL support in CTE battle". 9now.nine.com.au. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  8. ↑ Former footballer pleads for AFL support in CTE battle | A Current Affair , retrieved 21 December 2023
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.