| Roy Farnsworth | |
| Fullname: | Roy Eric Farnsworth |
| Birth Date: | 5 January 1892 |
| Birth Place: | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia |
| Death Place: | Concord, New South Wales, Australia |
| Retired: | yes |
| Club1: | Newtown |
| Year1start: | 1911 |
| Year1end: | 15 |
| Appearances1: | 46 |
| Tries1: | 12 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
| Points1: | 36 |
| Club2: | Western Suburbs |
| Year2start: | 1919 |
| Appearances2: | 4 |
| Tries2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Fieldgoals2: | 0 |
| Points2: | 0 |
| Teama: | New South Wales |
| Yearastart: | 1912 |
| Appearancesa: | 2 |
| Triesa: | 0 |
| Goalsa: | 0 |
| Fieldgoalsa: | 0 |
| Pointsa: | 0 |
| Teamb: | Metropolis |
| Yearbstart: | 1914 |
| Yearbend: | 15 |
| Appearancesb: | 3 |
| Triesb: | 1 |
| Goalsb: | 0 |
| Fieldgoalsb: | 0 |
| Pointsb: | 3 |
| Source: | [1] |
| Updated: | 14 August 2019 |
Roy Eric Farnsworth (1892-1957) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s.
Youngest brother of the famous rugby league footballers: Bill Farnsworth and Viv Farnsworth, Roy Farnsworth was also a noted Half-back with Newtown. Roy enlisted in the Australian Army in World War I in 1915,[2] and although he survived the war he did not play for Newtown again.
In 1919 he turned out for Western Suburbs for a few games, before retiring from the NSWRFL.[3] [4]
Farnsworth died on 19 June 1957 at Concord, New South Wales.[5]