Frank Boynton (footballer)

Frank Audley Henry Boynton (1 January 1887 – 3 March 1946) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne, Geelong and University in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Frank Boynton
Personal information
Full name Frank Audley Henry Boynton
Date of birth (1887-01-01)1 January 1887
Place of birth Prahran, Victoria
Date of death 3 March 1946(1946-03-03) (aged 59)
Place of death Northam, Western Australia
Original team(s) Wesley College
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1906 Melbourne 01 0(0)
1907 Geelong 13 0(2)
1908–10 University 25 (12)
Total 39 (14)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1910.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Boynton was born in Prahran, Victoria, the eldest child of Thomas Henry Boynton and Agnes Amelia Dawes.[2] The family lived in Balranald where Boynton and Dawes was a major grocery shop. He was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne, where he was a prefect and champion athlete, cricketer, footballer and rower.[3] He was a notable athlete while studying medicine at the University of Melbourne, being awarded four sporting blues[4] and playing VFL football for five seasons. After one game with Melbourne in 1906, he played most games in Geelong's 1907 season. He then played intermittently for University during their first three seasons in the VFL.

Boynton left Melbourne to continue to study medicine in Adelaide but did not finish the course.[5] He later moved to Perth where he sold farm machinery.[6] In 1925 he married Mary Elizabeth Smith and they lived in Northam, Western Australia until his death in 1946.[7]

References
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "Family Notices". Riverina Recorder. New South Wales, Australia. 5 January 1887. p. 2.
  3. "SCHOOL ATHLETICS". Riverina Recorder. Balranald, NSW. 23 August 1905. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "In the SPORTS FIELD WITH Percy Taylor". The Argus. Victoria, Australia. 4 March 1939. p. 16.
  5. "UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 28 November 1913. p. 7.
  6. "NEWS AND NOTES". The Daily News. Perth. 14 February 1925. p. 6.
  7. "Family Notices". The West Australian. Perth. 5 March 1946. p. 1.


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