| Frank Kenny | |
| Fullname: | Francis Kenny |
| Birth Date: | 9 August 1878 |
| Birth Place: | Emerald Hill, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | South Melbourne Jnrs |
| Statsend: | 1904 |
| Years1: | 1904 |
| Club1: | St Kilda |
| Games Goals1: | 2 (0) |
Francis Kenny (9 August 1878 – 26 April 1930) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Kenny, a South Melbourne junior, made two appearances for St Kilda, in the 1904 VFL season.[1] [2] He debuted in St Kilda's round 15 loss to Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[3] The following week he played against Collingwood at Junction Oval, in a 61-point loss.[4]
Also a district cricketer for South Melbourne, Kenny played several cricket matches alongside his twin brother Arthur, a Victorian first-class cricketer.[5] [6] It is said that their identical appearances used to confuse opposition players, when one of them came in to bat after another had earlier been dismissed.[5]
Kenny suffered a fractured skull in an assault outside Flinders Street station on 23 April 1930 and died of his injuries in Royal Melbourne Hospital three days later.[7] [8] He had been selling race cards to passers-by and got into an argument with a rival vendor, Francis Edwards, who struck him.[9] [10] As a result of the inquest, Edwards was charged with manslaughter.[10]