years death_date clubs statsend name originalteam birth_date article_title heightweight
1924 -- 1932 21 april 1933 st kilda 1932 fred phillips scotch college 27 may 1905 fred phillips -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 183 cm / 74 kg
fred phillips -lrb- footballer -rrb-

fred ` flops ' phillips -lrb- 27 may 1905 -- 21 april 1933 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played with st kilda in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
phillips could play as a ruckman or in defensive key positions .
a strong mark of the ball , phillips won a best and fairest for st kilda in 1930 .
he finished eighth in the 1931 brownlow medal and equal 9th the following season .
in 1933 he was appointed to the role of captain-coach but by the time the season began he had died from blood poisoning caused by an elbow cut .
it was believed the dye in the new club jumper was toxic .
