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Frank Murphy (Australian rules footballer)

Frank Murphy (Australian rules footballer)

Australian rules footballer

For the Carlton and Hawthorn player, see Frank Murphy (footballer, born 1900).

Francis John Murphy (20 February 1905 – 25 May 1995)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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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]

Murphy later served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Frank Murphy". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Goldfields Football". Kalgoorlie Miner. WA. 11 March 1938. p. 7. Retrieved 26 April 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. [3]
    "World War II Roll: Francis John Murphy". Department of Veterans Affairs.
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