Fred Fanning

Fred Fanning played 104 senior VFL games for Melbourne between 1940 and 1947, lining up most often as a forward. On 23-0, Fred Fanning's career spans the 1940s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Fred Fanning at a peak of 100 out of 100, reached in the 1940s. That figure measures Fred Fanning only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1940s forward can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Fred Fanning include 1 premiership and 3 league leading-goalkicker awards. Fred Fanning also polled 17 Brownlow votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits Fred Fanning with 411 career goals. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.