Frank Kirby | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Frank Gordon Kirby | ||
Date of birth | 22 September 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Fitzroy, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 20 March 1963 | (aged 77)||
Place of death | Camberwell, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Korumburra / Bendigo | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1908 | University | 1 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Frank Gordon Kirby (22 September 1885 – 20 March 1963) was a teacher, librarian and an Australian rules footballer in Victoria, Australia.
Kirby played with University in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1] After making a solitary appearance against Fitzroy in University's first VFL season, he commenced his career as a librarian and teacher.
Kirby worked as a librarian at the Public Library of Victoria. [2] He wrote a report on secondary school libraries in Victoria in 1945, commissioned by the Australian Institute of Librarians (Victorian Branch) and the Australian Council for Educational Research. [2]
He joined the staff of Scotch College in 1920 and was a librarian and teacher there for 35 years until his retirement in 1955. He was passionate about the French language, a member of Alliance Francaise [3] and author of a French language textbook. [4]
He died suddenly in Camberwell in 1963. [5]
Frank Kirby | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Frank Gordon Kirby | ||
Date of birth | 22 September 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Fitzroy, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 20 March 1963 | (aged 77)||
Place of death | Camberwell, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Korumburra / Bendigo | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1908 | University | 1 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Frank Gordon Kirby (22 September 1885 – 20 March 1963) was a teacher, librarian and an Australian rules footballer in Victoria, Australia.
Kirby played with University in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1] After making a solitary appearance against Fitzroy in University's first VFL season, he commenced his career as a librarian and teacher.
Kirby worked as a librarian at the Public Library of Victoria. [2] He wrote a report on secondary school libraries in Victoria in 1945, commissioned by the Australian Institute of Librarians (Victorian Branch) and the Australian Council for Educational Research. [2]
He joined the staff of Scotch College in 1920 and was a librarian and teacher there for 35 years until his retirement in 1955. He was passionate about the French language, a member of Alliance Francaise [3] and author of a French language textbook. [4]
He died suddenly in Camberwell in 1963. [5]