Frank Kirby (footballer)

Frank Gordon Kirby (22 September 1885 – 20 March 1963) was a teacher, librarian and an Australian rules footballer in Victoria, Australia.

Frank Kirby
Personal information
Full name Frank Gordon Kirby
Date of birth (1885-09-22)22 September 1885
Place of birth Fitzroy, Victoria
Date of death 20 March 1963(1963-03-20) (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

Football career

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.

Academic career

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]

Sources
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 484. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. Kirby, Frank Gordon; Australian Institute of Librarians Victorian branch (1945). Libraries in secondary schools; a report on the libraries of secondary schools in Victoria, with suggestions for a post-war plan for school libraries prepared for the Australian institute of librarians (Victorian branch). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. OCLC 1870940.
  3. Nettlebeck, Colin (1984). "Interview with J. G. Cornell" (PDF). Institute for the Study of French-Australian Relations. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 March 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  4. Kirby, Frank G (1944). The student's French grammar with exercises : a complete course for intermediate and senior forms. Melbourne : Macmillan & Company Ltd.
  5. "Funeral of Former College Master". The Age. Melbourne. 22 March 1963. p. 8.


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