Frank Seymour Explained

Frank Seymour
Birth Date:14 May 1904
Birth Place:Carlton, Victoria
Death Place:Portland, Victoria
Originalteam:Mulwala
Height:180 cm
Weight:75 kg
Statsend:1935
Years1:1927–1928
Club1:Carlton
Games Goals1:6 (8)
Years2:1935
Club2:Fitzroy
Games Goals2:5 (9)
Games Goalstotal:11 (17)

Frank Seymour (14 May 1904 – 7 May 1987)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Fitzroy in the VFL and Northcote in the VFA.

Family

The son of unmarried mother Florence Bassett, Frank Seymour Bassett was born at Carlton on 14 May 1904. He later dropped the Bassett name and was known as Frank Seymour.

Seymour married Lilian May Fraser (1904–1979) in Albury in 1927.

Football

Seymour was a full-forward and was recruited from New South Wales to join Carlton in the 1927 season. After two seasons with Carlton, he moved to Northcote where he became a prolific goalkicker, and topped the VFA's goal kicking with over 100 goals in three separate seasons;[2] 1930 - 110, 1932 - 109[3] (122), 1934 - 122 goals[4]

He played 201 games for the club, and was one of three players to play in all five of Northcote's top division premiership teams (1929, 1932,[5] 1933, 1934 and 1936).[6] His career tally of 880 goals was the Northcote record when the club folded in 1987, and was a VFA record until 1962 when it was broken by Bob Bonnett.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Frank Seymour. Blueseum - Online Carlton Football Club Museum. 7 September 2014.
  2. Web site: 1934 - Seymour's Century . The Herald . 26 July 2021 . 17 . 20 August 1934.
  3. Web site: 1932 - Seymour Again . The Herald . 26 July 2021 . 2 . 5 September 1932.
  4. Web site: 1934 - Seymour equals 1932 record . The Age . 26 July 2021 . 7 . 3 September 1934.
  5. Web site: 1932 - Northcote's Premiership . Sporting Globe . 26 July 2021 . 6 . 1 October 1932.
  6. News: The Age. Melbourne, VIC. 27. Marc Fiddian. 18 September 1982. Austen to get the 'double'.