Fred Felsch

Frederick George Felsch (1915-1963) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s.

Fred Felsch

Personal information
Full name	Frederick George Felsch
Born	(1915-12-11)11 December 1915 Ulmarra, New South Wales, Australia
Died	20 June 1963(1963-06-20) (aged 47) North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Centre, Fullback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1936–44 South Sydney 98 22 188 0 442 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1938–41 New South Wales 11 6 10 0 38 1938–42 NSW City 4 6 2 0 22 1935 NSW Country 1 0 1 0 2
Source: As of 22 February 2019

Background

Felsch was born at Ulmarra, New South Wales and was of German descent,

Playing career

Felsch played nine seasons with South Sydney between 1936 and 1944. He rose to become club captain in the era prior to Jack Rayner. Felsch played for the club in the 1939 NSWRL grand final against Balmain in which Souths lost heavily by a score of 33–4. Felsch scored South Sydney's only points in the match kicking 2 goals.

Felsch represented New South Wales on ten occasions between 1938 and 1941, although World War II curtailed any possibility of playing for Australia.

Death

Felsch died at North Sydney on 20 June 1963, aged 47.