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{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Fred Bamford
| image =
| fullname = Frederick George Bamford
| birth_date = {{birth date|1887|04|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bendigo]], Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1955|3|30|1887|04|10|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Cheltenham, Victoria]]
| originalteam = [[South Bendigo Football Club|South Bendigo]] ([[Bendigo Football Netball League|BFL]])<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142944790 |title=Last Week's League Games. |newspaper=[[The Australasian]] |location=Melbourne |date=3 June 1911 |accessdate=14 January 2015 |page=26 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
| height =
| weight =
| position =
| statsend = 1919
| years1 = 1911–1919
| club1 = {{AFL Fit}}
| games_goals1 = 119 (1)
| careerhighlights = *{{AFL Fit}} premiership player [[1916 VFL Grand Final|1916]]
}}
'''Frederick George Bamford''' (10 April 1887 – 30 March 1955) was an [[Australian rules football]] player at the [[Fitzroy Football Club]] in the [[Victorian Football League (1897–1989)|Victorian Football League]] (VFL). He became a premiership player at Fitzroy, playing in the [[1916 VFL Grand Final]], under the captaincy of [[Wally Johnson]], with [[George Holden (Australian rules footballer)|George Holden]] as coach. Bamford made his debut against {{AFL Gee}} in Round 5 of the [[1911 VFL season]], at the [[Brunswick Street Oval]].<ref name="Past Players">{{cite web|title=A to B|url=http://www.lions.com.au/brisbanelionsfc/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/5085/Default.aspx?newsId=23745|work=Brisbane Lions|accessdate=19 September 2012}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{AFL Tables|ref=F/Fred_Bamford.html}}
*{{AustralianFootball|ref=fred%2Bbamford/2840}}
{{1916 Fitzroy premiership players}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bamford, Fred}}
[[Category:1887 births]]
[[Category:Fitzroy Football Club players]]
[[Category:Fitzroy Football Club premiership players]]
[[Category:South Bendigo Football Club players]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Bendigo]]
[[Category:1955 deaths]]
[[Category:VFL/AFL premiership players]]
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