Frank Whitty

Francis Harold Whitty (26 April 1905 – 18 October 2001) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Frank Whitty
Personal information
Full name Francis Harold Whitty
Date of birth (1905-04-26)26 April 1905
Place of birth Corowa, New South Wales
Date of death 18 October 2001(2001-10-18) (aged 96)
Place of death Coburg, Victoria
Original team(s) Daysdale, Coreen, Corowa
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1929–30 Hawthorn 11 (11)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1930.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

A follower who was recruited from New South Wales,[2] Whitty played eleven VFL games for Hawthorn before transferring to Camberwell in June 1930[3] and then moved on to Brighton in 1931.[4]

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 949. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "CLUB NOTES". The Age. No. 23, 128. Victoria, Australia. 24 May 1929. p. 6.
  3. "The Public Acclaim League and Association Stars". Sporting Globe. No. 826. Victoria, Australia. 25 June 1930. p. 8.
  4. "ASSOCIATION". The Age. No. 23, 728. Victoria, Australia. 29 April 1931. p. 12.
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