Fred Elliott (footballer)
Frederick Thomas "Pompey" Elliott (7 April 1879 – 3 August 1960) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family. One of nine children, the third son of bootmaker George Elliott, and Elizabeth Elliot, née Richards, Frederick Thomas Elliott was born at Eaglehawk, Victoria on 7 April 1879. He married Adelaide Matthews in 1913. Football. Melbourne (VFL). He made his VFL debut for Melbourne against St Kilda on 13 May 1899. Carlton (VFL). Elliott made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in round 1 of the 1900 season. He had previously spent a year  playing with Melbourne. North Fremantle (WAFL). He played for North Fremantle for the 1902 season. Carlton (VFL). Cleared from North Fremantle on 29 April 1903, he returned to Carlton. He was named as Carlton's captain for the 1908 season, and became captain-coach when Jack Worrall resigned midway through 1909. Elliott retired from the game after the 1911 season as the first player to reach 200 VFL games. Footscray (VFA). He later played a single game for Footscray, the 1912 VFA Grand Final, being brought in to the team in an unsuccessful attempt to counter Dave McNamara, who was  an influential player in Essendon Association's victory. Military service. Employed as a tailor in Bendigo, Elliott enlisted in the First AIF in July 1915. He was wounded in action in August 1916. Having returned to Australia on SS City of Poona on 14 May 1919, he was discharged from the AIF on 6 July 1919.