Frank O'Connor (Australian rules footballer)

Frank O'Connor (6 November 1923 – 13 November 2017) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Frank O'Connor
Personal information
Full name Francis Cecil O'Connor
Date of birth (1923-11-06)6 November 1923
Place of birth Newport, Victoria
Date of death 13 November 2017(2017-11-13) (aged 94)
Place of death Boronia, Victoria[1]
Original team(s) Prahran
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1947–48 Melbourne 24 (29)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

O'Connor previously served in the Australian Army during World War II.[3]

Notes

  1. "Herald Sun Tributes".
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 628. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. "World War II Roll: Frank Cecil O'Connor". Department of Veterans Affairs.
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