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).

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. ^ "Frank Murphy". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Goldfields Football". Kalgoorlie Miner. WA. 11 March 1938. p. 7. Retrieved 26 April 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "World War II Roll: Francis John Murphy". Department of Veterans Affairs.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Murphy_(Australian_rules_footballer)
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