Frank Murphy (Australian rules footballer)

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

Frank Murphy
Personal information
Date of birth	20 February 1905
Date of death	25 May 1995(1995-05-25) (aged 90)
Height / weight	180 cm / 78 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1925–1934	Collingwood	145 (121)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934.
Career highlights
3 time VFL interstate representative Collingwood premiership player 1927-30

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.

Collingwood Football Club 1927/28/29/30 VFL premiers

1927: Collingwood 2.13 (25) defeated Richmond 1.7 (13), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1928: Collingwood 13.18 (96) defeated Richmond 9.9 (63), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1929: Collingwood 11.13 (79) defeated Richmond 7.8 (50), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1930: Collingwood 14.16 (100) defeated Geelong 9.16 (70), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

2/1/4/5. Beveridge 4/5/6. A. Collier 5/6/7. H. Collier 6/10/11. Clayden 7/8. G. Coventry 8/9. S. Coventry (c) 9/10. Chesswas 10/11/12. Dibbs 14/13/17/19. Libbis 15/19/18/20. Makeham 20/18/19/21. Murphy 22/24/26. Rumney

Coach: McHale

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