Fred Fontaine

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{for|the Australian cricketer|Frederick Fontaine}}

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Fred Fontaine

| image = Fred Fontaine 1907.jpg

| caption = Cigarette card of Fontaine in 1907

| fullname = Frederick Ernest De La Fontaine

| birth_date = {{birth date|1878|1|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Richmond, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1957|12|9|1878|1|30|df=yes}}

| death_place = Thornbury, Victoria{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KzBVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EpUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6868%2C1453329 |title=Births, Marriages, Deaths |newspaper=The Age |date=11 December 1957 |page=25}}

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| statsend = 1907

| years1 = 1898–1907

| club1 = Fitzroy

| games_goals1 = 110 (33)

| careerhighlights = *4× VFL premiership player: 1898, 1899, 1904, 1905

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Frederick Ernest De La Fontaine (30 January 1878 - 9 December 1957){{cite web |url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Fred%2BFontaine/1178 |title=Fred Fontaine - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=11 November 2014}} was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Fontaine played in a variety of positions during his career and was a member of a very successful Fitzroy side, winning four grand finals and losing two. Of the four premierships his most notable performance came in the 1904 decider where he played at full back and set up the winning goal to Percy Trotter after making a run from defence.