Des Fothergill

Player Details

Name: Desmond Fothergill
Full Name: Desmond Hugh Fothergill
Alias: Des Fothergill
DOB: 15/07/1920
DOD: 16/03/1996
Height: 178cm
Weight: 88kg
Season(s): 1937-1940, 1945-1947
Team(s): Collingwood
Tallies: Match(es) [M]: 111, Goal(s) [G]: 337, Win-Draw-Loss [W-D-L]: 72-0-39, Win Percentage [W%]: 64.9%

Player History

  • Team(s):
    • Collingwood (1937-1940, 1945-1947) M: 111, G: 337, W-D-L: 72-0-39, W%: 64.9%
      • 1937 VFL Season
        • Guernsey(s): #11
        • Round(s): R06-R10, R12-R18, SF, PF, GF
        • Tallies: M: 15, G: 28, W-D-L: 10-0-5, W%: 66.7%
      • 1938 VFL Season
        • Guernsey(s): #8
        • Round(s): R01-R18, SF, PF, GF
        • Tallies: M: 21, G: 65, W-D-L: 14-0-7, W%: 66.7%
      • 1939 VFL Season
        • Guernsey(s): #8
        • Round(s): R01, R04, R06-R18, SF, PF, GF
        • Tallies: M: 18, G: 51, W-D-L: 13-0-5, W%: 72.2%
        • Position: Forward Pocket
      • 1940 VFL Season
        • Guernsey(s): #6
        • Round(s): R01-R18
        • Tallies: M: 18, G: 56, W-D-L: 8-0-10, W%: 44.4%
      • 1945 VFL Season
        • Guernsey(s): #11
        • Round(s): R01-R02, R04-R07, R10-R11, R13-R20, SF, PF
        • Tallies: M: 18, G: 62, W-D-L: 12-0-6, W%: 66.7%
      • 1946 VFL Season
        • Guernsey(s): #8
        • Round(s): R01-R17
        • Tallies: M: 17, G: 63, W-D-L: 12-0-5, W%: 70.6%
      • 1947 VFL Season
        • Guernsey(s): #6
        • Round(s): R01-R03, R12
        • Tallies: M: 4, G: 12, W-D-L: 3-0-1, W%: 75.0%

Player Accolades

Debutant: 395th player to debut for Collingwood
Brownlow Medal: 1940
Leading Goalkicker / Coleman Medal: 1946
E. W. Copeland Trophy: 1937, 1938, 1940