Frank Murphy (Australian rules footballer)

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

Australian rules footballer

Frank Murphy
Murphy during his Collingwood career
Personal information
Full name	Francis John Murphy
Date of birth	(1905-02-20)20 February 1905
Place of birth	Bairnsdale, Victoria
Date of death	25 May 1995(1995-05-25) (aged 90)
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1925–1934	Collingwood	145 (121)
1935–1937	Subiaco (WAFL)	033 0(11)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937.
Career highlights
3 time VFL interstate representative Collingwood premiership player 1927–30
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Francis John Murphy (20 February 1905 – 25 May 1995) 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.

References

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

v t e 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

v t e Coaches of the Subiaco Football Club
1912: Scaddan 1913–1914: Matson 1915–1916: Leckie 1917–1922: Steele 1923: Outridge 1924–1926: Cain 1927: Gravenall 1928–1929: Robinson 1930–1934: Green 1935–1937: Murphy 1938–1939: Bunton Sr 1939: Shea 1940: Green 1941: Bunton Sr 1942–1944: Brophy 1945: Parry 1946: Murphy 1947: Parry 1948–1949: Williams 1950–1952: Sweet 1953: Newton 1954–1955: Strang 1956–1960: Tyson 1961: Murray 1962–1963: Cuzens 1963: Browning 1964–1966: Slater 1967: Killigrew 1968–1972: Bunton Jr 1973–1974: Smith 1975: Parkin 1976: Ensor 1977–1978: Douge 1979: Burton 1980–1982: Armstrong 1983: Daniel 1983: Fairclough 1984–1992: Bunton Jr 1993–1994: Solin 1995–1996: Buckenara 1997–1998: Thorne 1999–2002: Sparks 2003–2006: German 2007–2009: Watters 2010–2012: Waterman 2013–2018: Schofield 2019–: Wardman

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