John Fanning (footballer)

John Fanning
Personal information
Full name John V. Fanning
Date of birth (1948-09-05) 5 September 1948
Original team(s) St Bernard's CBC
Height / weight 188 cm / 80 kg
Position(s) Follower
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1968–70 Essendon 6 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1970.

John Fanning (born 5 September 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] Fanning's uncle, Fred, was a champion goalkicker with Melbourne and still holds the record for most goals in a single VFL/AFL match. With Essendon, Fanning won the under-19s best and fairest in 1967 and a reserves premiership in 1968. After leaving the Bombers, he played for Williamstown and Brunswick in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), winning a premiership with the former. Fanning finished his career with Strathmore in 1979.

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 267. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

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