Arthur Fehring
Australian rules footballer (1900-1983)
Arthur Fehring (4 May 1900 – 19 April 1983) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
In the fourth round of the 1919 season, he played beside his brother Charlie, the only occasion that they would appear together in the same VFL game.
The following year he started at Hawthorn in the VFA before accepting good money to play at Colbinabbin, Victoria.
His brother Charlie Fehring played for Richmond and Essendon.
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