Frank Kennedy | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Francis Michael Kennedy | ||
Date of birth | 31 July 1920 | ||
Place of birth | Vervale, via Garfield, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 27 December 1990 | (aged 70)||
Place of death | Garfield, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Garfield | ||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1944–47 | Melbourne | 36 (11) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Francis Michael Kennedy (31 July 1920 – 27 December 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]
The son of Michael Francis Kennedy (1890-1971), and Ann Maree Kennedy (1892-1977), née Maher, Francis Michael Kennedy was born at Vervale, Victoria on 31 July 1920.
He married Agnes May Stout (1920-1989) in 1946.
Kennedy's first contact with the Melbourne Football Club was on 2 April 1940, 1940, when -- described as a "new man" from "Vervale, Gippsland" [2] -- he took part in the team's training.
In 1944, he was listed as a "new" player -- from the Melbourne Seconds -- in Melbourne's final training list for the 1944 season, [3] and made his debut for Melbourne's First XVIII against Richmond, at Punt Road, on 6 May 1944, [4] and was considered to be Melbourne's best player (in a losing team). [5]
Kennedy was a reserve in Melbourne's losing 1946 VFL Grand Final team. He came onto the field in the final quarter, and was reported for striking and suspended for four matches. [7] [8]
He served in the Australian Army in World War II from July 1943 to February 1945. [9]
He died at Garfield, Victoria on 27 December 1990.
Frank Kennedy | |||
---|---|---|---|
Personal information | |||
Full name | Francis Michael Kennedy | ||
Date of birth | 31 July 1920 | ||
Place of birth | Vervale, via Garfield, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 27 December 1990 | (aged 70)||
Place of death | Garfield, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Garfield | ||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1944–47 | Melbourne | 36 (11) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Francis Michael Kennedy (31 July 1920 – 27 December 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]
The son of Michael Francis Kennedy (1890-1971), and Ann Maree Kennedy (1892-1977), née Maher, Francis Michael Kennedy was born at Vervale, Victoria on 31 July 1920.
He married Agnes May Stout (1920-1989) in 1946.
Kennedy's first contact with the Melbourne Football Club was on 2 April 1940, 1940, when -- described as a "new man" from "Vervale, Gippsland" [2] -- he took part in the team's training.
In 1944, he was listed as a "new" player -- from the Melbourne Seconds -- in Melbourne's final training list for the 1944 season, [3] and made his debut for Melbourne's First XVIII against Richmond, at Punt Road, on 6 May 1944, [4] and was considered to be Melbourne's best player (in a losing team). [5]
Kennedy was a reserve in Melbourne's losing 1946 VFL Grand Final team. He came onto the field in the final quarter, and was reported for striking and suspended for four matches. [7] [8]
He served in the Australian Army in World War II from July 1943 to February 1945. [9]
He died at Garfield, Victoria on 27 December 1990.