Frank Nolan (footballer) explained

Frank Nolan
Fullname:	Frank Nolan
Birth Date:	10 June 1915
Birth Place:	St Kilda, Victoria
Originalteam:	Caulfield
Height:	177 cm
Weight:	73 kg
Statsend:	1934
Years1:	1934
Games Goals1:	2 (2)
Years2:	1937–40
Club2:	Oakleigh (VFA)
Games Goals2:	51 (169)

Frank Nolan (10 June 1915 – 31 May 1989) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Hugh Nolan (1884–1965),^[2] and Elizabeth Mary Nolan (1887–1961), née Brown,^[3] Frank Nolan was born at St Kilda, Victoria on 10 June 1915.

He married Edna Mary Clifton (1916–1993) in 1940.

Football

Caulfield (FDL)

Nolan kicked 116 goals for the Caulfield Football Club in the Federal District League in 1933.^[4]

Hawthorn (VFL)

Cleared from Caulfield in May 1934,^[5] Nolan played two games for the Hawthorn First XVIII in the early part of the 1934 VFL season, scoring a goal in each of his games against Collingwood^[6] and Essendon^[7] but mostly played for the Second XVIII in his time at Hawthorn in 1934.

Caulfield (FDL)

He returned to Caulfield in 1935.^[8]

Oakleigh (VFA)

In 1937 he trialled with both Oakleigh^[9] and Hawthorn.^[10] He was cleared from Hawthorn to Oakleigh in April 1937,^[11] and became a key goal scorer for them over the next four seasons.^[12]

Military service

He later served in the Australian Army in Papua New Guinea during World War II.^[13]

References

• Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.
• World War Two Nominal Roll: Private Frank Nolan (VX41702), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
• B883, VX41702: World War Two Service Record: Private Frank Nolan (VX41702), National Archives of Australia.
• World War Two Nominal Roll: Gunner Frank Nolan (VX132061), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
• B883, VX132061: World War Two Service Record: Gunner Frank Nolan (VX132061), National Archives of Australia.

External links

• • • Frank Nolan, at The VFA Project
• Frank Nolan, at Boyles Football Photos

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.659.
2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HTpVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZpUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5705%2C1436835 Deaths: Nolan, The Age, (Monday, 8 March 1965), p.16.
3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rZ5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HbQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7307%2C3337096 Deaths: Nolan, The Age, (Friday, 22 December 1965), p.15.
4. Web site: 1933 – Caulfield's Success . Sporting Globe . 31 May 2021 . 6 . 21 October 1933.
5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10934107 Permits Granted, The Argus, (Saturday, 5 May 1934), p.18.
6. News: COLLINGWOOD SYSTEM . The Argus . 27,380 . Victoria, Australia . 21 May 1934 . 13.
7. News: HAWTHORN'S THIRD QUARTER . The Argus . 27,386 . Victoria, Australia . 28 May 1934 . 13.
8. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page567486 Junior Matches: Federal League: Caulfield 11—18 d. Darling 12—8, The Argus, (Monday, 15 July 1935), p.16.
9. News: Football Starts – First Casualties . Sporting Globe . 1535 . Victoria, Australia . 20 March 1937 . 1.
10. News: LEAGUE MEN AS COACHES . The Argus . 28,284 . Victoria, Australia . 16 April 1937 . 17.
11. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205611102 Association Permits, The Age, (Thursday, 29 April 1937), p.10.
12. The VFA Project.
13. Nominal Roll.