Frank Murphy (Australian rules footballer) explained

Frank Murphy
Fullname:Francis John Murphy
Birth Date:20 February 1905
Birth Place:Bairnsdale, Victoria
Height:180 cm
Weight:78 kg
Statsend:1937
Years1:1925–1934
Club1:Collingwood
Games Goals1:145 (121)
Years2:1935–1937
Club2:Subiaco (WAFL)
Games Goals2:33 (11)
Careerhighlights:
  • 3 time VFL interstate representative
  • Collingwood premiership player 1927–30

Francis John Murphy (20 February 1905 – 25 May 1995)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Murphy was a half-forward as a member of a successful Collingwood side played in four premierships, three of them with his brother Len. After leaving the club in 1935, he moved to Western Australia, where he became captain-coach of Subiaco in the Western Australian Football League and the Kalgoorlie City Football Club in the Goldfields Football League.[2]

Murphy later served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Frank Murphy. Collingwood Forever. 7 September 2014.
  2. News: Goldfields Football . . WA . 11 March 1938 . 26 April 2013 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  3. Web site: World War II Roll: Francis John Murphy . Department of Veterans Affairs.