Frank O'Rourke (Australian rules footballer) explained

Frank O'Rourke
Fullname:Francis Joseph O'Rourke
Birth Date:21 January 1906
Birth Place:Colac, Victoria
Death Place:Warrnambool, Victoria
Originalteam:Koroit
Height:170 cm
Weight:67 kg
Statsend:1934
Years1:1931–32
Games Goals1:22 (4)
Years2:1933
Games Goals2:7 (2)
Years3:1934
Club3:Preston (VFA)
Games Goals3:1 (0)
Years4:1934
Club4:Port Melbourne (VFA)
Games Goals4:6 (7)

Francis Joseph O'Rourke (21 January 1906 – 7 March 1978) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

One of the ten children of Joseph Francis O'Rourke (1868-1951), and Maria Mary "Polly" O'Rourke, née Dunne (1867-1933),[2] Francis Joseph O'Rourke was born in Colac, Victoria on 21 January 1906.

His older brother, Jack O'Rourke, played for St Kilda and Fitzroy.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2009 . 8th . 978-1-921496-00-4 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 635.
  2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11712957 Deaths: O'Rourke, The Argus, (Tuesday, 21 November 1933), p.1.