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Frank Whitty
Personal information
Full name Francis Harold Whitty
Date of birth (1905-04-26)26 April 1905
Place of birth Corowa, New South Wales
Date of death 18 October 2001(2001-10-18) (aged 96)
Place of death Coburg, Victoria
Original team(s) Daysdale, Coreen, Corowa
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1929–30 Hawthorn 11 (11)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1930.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Francis Harold Whitty (26 April 1905 – 18 October 2001) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

A follower who was recruited from New South Wales,[2] Whitty played eleven VFL games for Hawthorn before transferring to Camberwell in June 1930[3] and then moved on to Brighton in 1931.[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 949. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "CLUB NOTES". The Age. No. 23, 128. Victoria, Australia. 24 May 1929. p. 6.
  3. ^ "The Public Acclaim League and Association Stars". Sporting Globe. No. 826. Victoria, Australia. 25 June 1930. p. 8.
  4. ^ "ASSOCIATION". The Age. No. 23, 728. Victoria, Australia. 29 April 1931. p. 12.
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