Frank Murphy (Australian rules footballer)

Frank Murphy
Personal information
Date of birth	20 February 1905
Date of death	25 May 1995 (aged 90)
Height / weight	180 cm / 78 kg
Playing career^1
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

1. "Frank Murphy". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
2. "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 statistics from AFL Tables