Roy Franklin

Roy Franklin (25 December 1892 – 25 July 1950) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

For the geologist, see Roy Franklin (geologist).

Roy Franklin
Personal information
Full name Horace Roy Franklin
Date of birth (1892-12-25)25 December 1892
Place of birth Eaglehawk, Victoria
Date of death 25 July 1950(1950-07-25) (aged 57)
Place of death Heidelberg, Victoria
Original team(s) Collingwood District
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1915 Melbourne 6 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He married Margaret Jean Hunter in 1916 and was a printer/machinist around that time. Later in life he became a real estate agent.

Franklin was also a member of a Masonic Lodge at Greensborough, Melbourne.[2]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 293. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. "HAPPY LODGE GATHERING". The Advertiser. Victoria, Australia. 6 September 1935. p. 2. Retrieved 17 July 2018 – via National Library of Australia.


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