Jeff Fehring
Jeff Fehring | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 21 April 1955 | ||
Place of birth |
Victoria | ||
Date of death | 25 July 2008 | (aged 53)||
Place of death | Hay, New South Wales | ||
Original team(s) | Leitchville Gunbower Football Club | ||
Height | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||
Weight | 106 kg (234 lb) | ||
Position(s) |
Ruckman | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1977–1979 | Geelong | 19 (1) | |
1980–1981 | St Kilda | 17 (3) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1981. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Jeff Fehring (21 April 1955 – 25 July 2008) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (as the AFL was then known) from 1977 to 1981.
Fehring was born at
Moorabbin in 1981. The goal came minutes after he was reported, and he was so fired up that he kicked the (wind-assisted) goal, one of the biggest in Australian rules football history.[3]
Fehring's VFL career was over at the end of the
Deniliquin in southern New South Wales. That business also failed, and beset by health problems including Type 2 diabetes and recurring heart problems, Fehring committed suicide on 25 July 2008.[4]
References
- ^ "REDLEGS MUSEUM | PLAYERS". www.redlegsmuseum.com.au. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ "Longest torpedo goals of the AFL". Useless AFL Stats. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ISBN 1-74095-001-1.
- ^ Mulvey, Paul (30 July 2008). "Drought led to VFL player's suicide". The Age. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
External links
- Jeff Fehring's playing statistics from AFL Tables