Midget Farrelly
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| Midget Farrelly | |
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| Born | Bernard Farrelly 13 September 1944 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | surfer |
Bernard "Midget" Farrelly (born 13 September 1944 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a former Australian world surfing champion.
He was the first Australian to win a major surfing title, the 1963 championships in Makaha, Hawaii. The following year he won the inaugural World Surfing Championship.[1]
Midget was also the first President , in 1961, of Australia's Oldest Surfboard Riders Club, Dee Why Surfing Fraternity, which still operates under the same name today.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Carroll, Nick (2000). "Midget Farrelly profile". Surfline. http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/surfaz.cfm?id=801. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
- ^ http://dysf.info/history1.html
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| Sporting positions | ||
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| First | World surfing champion 1964 |
Succeeded by Felipe Pomar |
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