Frank Murphy (Australian rules footballer)
Frank Murphy | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 20 February 1905 | ||
Date of death | 25 May 1995 | (aged 90)||
Height / weight | 180 cm / 78 kg | ||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Frank Murphy (20 February 1905 – 25 May 1995)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Murphy was a half forward as a member of a successful Collingwood side played in four premierships, three of them with his brother Len. After leaving the club in 1935 he moved to Western Australia where he became captain-coach of Subiaco in the Western Australian Football League and the Kalgoorlie City Football Club in the Goldfields Football League.[2]
References
- ^ "Frank Murphy". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ "Goldfields Football". Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1950). WA: National Library of Australia. 11 March 1938. p. 7. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
External links
- Frank Murphy's playing statistics from AFL Tables