David Lindsay Fricker (29 September 1905 – 23 December 1990), known as "Lindsay Fricker", was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.298.
Family The son of David John Fricker (1874–1951),Deaths: Fricker, The Argus, (Friday, 6 April 1951), p.14. and Rosetta Ann Fricker (1869–1942), née Roberts,Marriages: Fricker—Roberts, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 16 November 1901), p.32.Deaths: Fricker, The Argus, (Thursday, 14 May 1942), p.2. David Lindsay Fricker was born at Warragul on 29 September 1905.
He married Jeanne Davis McKay at Sandringham, Victoria on 6 March 1937.Marriages: Fricker—McKay, The Argus, (Saturday, 24 April 1937), p.7.
Football Sandringham (VFA) Recruited from the Black Rock Football Club in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA),He had, earlier and unsuccessfully, tried out with Richmond; see: Smart Centre Man, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 5 June 1929), p.9. he was a member of the team that played against Brighton Football Club in the Sandringham Football Club's first match in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) competition on 20 April 1929.Brighton Too Strong: Sandringham's Stamina Fails, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 20 April 1929), p.1. Twice injured, he played in 20 of the team's 22 matches in that first season.
Fitzroy (VFL) Cleared from Sandringham to Fitzroy in May 1930,Association: Several Permits Granted, The Age, (Thursday, 22 May 1930), p.6. his single senior game for the Fitzroy Football Club was against Carlton, at the Brunswick Street Oval, on 26 July 1930.
Sandringham (VFA) Cleared from Fitzroy in April 1931,Season Opens Today, The Age, (Saturday, 18 April 1931), p.14. he returned to Sandringham, and went on to play another 21 senior matches over four seasons (1931–1934).
Black Rock (VAFA) In 1935 he was cleared from Sandringham to the Black Rock Football Club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA).Association Clearances, The Argus, (Thursday, 23 May 1935), p.13.
Loss of right arm On 27 November 1948, Fricker was involved in an accident when the car he was driving collided with a truck on the Calder Highway near Woodend, Victoria. A carpenter by trade, he lost his right arm and, three years later, was awarded £7,500 in damages.£7500 Damages for Lost Arm, The Age, (Tuesday, 9 October 1951), p.4.
Death He died at Darwin, Northern Territory on 23 December 1990.
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Lindsay Fricker, at The VFA Project