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) |
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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]