Frank Aked | |
Birth Date: | 5 February 1932 |
Birth Place: | Preston, Victoria |
Death Place: | Yarraville, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Footscray Seconds |
Debutdate: | Round 14, 1951 |
Debutteam: | Footscray |
Debutopponent: | North Melbourne |
Debutstadium: | Arden St |
Height: | 180 cm |
Weight: | 81.5 kg |
Statsend: | 1952 |
Years1: | 1951–1952 |
Club1: | Footscray |
Games Goals1: | 4 (0) |
Frank "Dolly" Aked Jr. (5 February 1932 – 24 November 1976) was an Australian rules football player. He played with Footscray, now known as the Western Bulldogs.[1] He played four games in the early 1950s.[2]
Aked junior's playing measurements were 180 cm and 81.5 kg.
Aked played with Yarrawonga Football Club from 1953[3] to 1955 and won the 1954 (80 goals)[4] and 1955 (77) Ovens and Murray Football League goal kicking award.
Aked was a member of the 1954 Ovens & Murray Football League side[5] that won the VCFL Country Championships.[6]
Aked died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 44.[7]
His father, Frank Aked Sr., also played for Footscray, commencing his VFL career in Footscray's inaugural season in 1925.