Fred Swift
Frederick Norman "Fred" Swift (6 July 1938 – 28 April 1983) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League for the Richmond Football Club between 1958 and 1967, and captained the club to a premiership in 1967. He also played first grade cricket with the Eaglehawk Cricket Club, in the Bendigo and District Cricket Association.
Swift was murdered during a home invasion at his farm at Lockwood, near Bendigo, Victoria, on Thursday, 28 April 1983.
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