Frederick Joughin was born in Liverpool England in 1925. He arrived in Tasmania after the war and was involved with soccer in Tasmania as a player and administrator for fifty-eight glorious years.
In an incredible playing record for the University club, Fred missed the very first game in the 1950 season when he joined, but didn’t miss another game until the 1956 season, 322 games in total. But it is estimated Fred possibly played 600 games overall!
He became the TSA secretary in 1951, a position he held for five years.
At the University club, Fred was a player, club captain and Head of the Selection Committee for six years from 1950 to 1955, during which time the team was in the Second Division.
Fred moved north due to work commitments and became Burnie Celtic’s Chairman in 1955 and the following year became the North-West Soccer Association’s Chairman.
He created the “high school to club movement” for young, advanced players, which was a first. The idea was to keep a flow of young talent coming through the ranks from schools to the senior clubs on the coast.
He returned to Hobart in 1957 and the following year he was elected as Chairman of the University club, a position he held until 1978. The same year, Fred was elected club Honorary Life President (to present day). In 1962 he became a Life Member of State’s Soccer Council.
In 1966 Fred was made an Honorary Life Member of the University Soccer Club, and in 2009 he received the Order of Australia Medal (OAM).
A law graduate, his brilliant mind helped galvanise the University club and was the instigator of the move from sharing the rugby fields at Sandy Bay to the current home base at Olinda Grove.