Frederick Ernest Froude (3 July 1910 – 16 June 1978)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and coached St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Although Froude played most of his career as a half back flanker, he started as a forward and kicked 30 goals in the 1931 VFL season.

[3][4] He played in five grand finals for three premierships; 1930, 1935 and 1936.

[3] In 1948, nine years after retiring, Froude returned to the VFL as coach of St Kilda.

This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1910 is a stub.