Clive Alfred Fergie was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Fitzroy

Fitzroy Football Club

The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL).

Fergie played his early football at Scotch College before starting his league career in 1915. After appearing in the opening three rounds of the 1916 VFL season

1916 VFL season

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1916.The 1916 season of the VFL saw just four teams competing, due to World War I...

, he embarked for Europe to serve with the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion in the war and would fight on the Western Front

Western Front

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. He was awarded both a British War Medal

British War Medal

The British War Medal was a campaign medal of the British Empire, for service in World War I.The medal was approved in 1919, for issue to officers and men of British and Imperial forces who had rendered service between 5 August 1914 and 11 November 1918...

 and Victory Medal

Victory Medal (United Kingdom)

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 for his war service.

He returned to Australia in 1919 and played seven games for Fitzroy that year. In 1922 he was Fitzroy's first rover in their premiership side and also played in their team which lost the 1923 VFL Grand Final

1923 VFL Grand Final

The 1923 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 20 October 1923. It was the 26th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the...

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