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Frank Hailwood

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Frank Hailwood
Hailwood in 1899
Personal information
Full name Francis Hailwood
Nickname(s) Charger
Date of birth 3 April 1873
Place of birth Alexandra, Victoria
Date of death 21 May 1944(1944-05-21) (aged 71)
Place of death Carlton, Victoria
Original team(s) Collingwood Juniors
Position(s) Ruckman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1894–1896 Collingwood (VFA) 046 (17)
1897–1904 Collingwood 104 (37)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Frank Hailwood (3 April 1873 – 21 May 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

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Frank Hailwood in 1901

One of the eight children of Joseph Hailwood (1834–1912),[2] and Ellen Hailwood (1839-1916), née Connor,[3] Francis Hailwood was born at Alexandra, Victoria on 3 April 1873.

His brother, John Hailwood (1870-1917), was killed in action while serving with the First AIF in Belgium on 4 October 1917.[4]

Football

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Collingwood: 1902 Premiership Team

Collingwood (VFA)

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Recruited from Collingwood Juniors.

Collingwood (VFL)

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Hailwood was Collingwood's ruckman during seven seasons in eight years for Collingwood in the VFL.[5][6] Hailwood played 150 games for Collingwood, including the 1902 Grand Final win over Essendon.

"Old Boy's" Champion Player of 1899

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At the end of the 1899 season, in the process of naming his own "champion player", the football correspondent for The Argus ("Old Boy"), selected a team of the best players of the 1899 VFL competition:

From those he considered to be the three best players — that is, Condon, Hickey, and Pleass — "Old Boy" selected Pat Hickey as his "champion player" of the season.[7]

Boulder City (GFA)

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On 22 April 1903 he was cleared from Collingwood to the Boulder City Football Club in the West Australian Goldfields Football Association (GFA).[8]

Collingwood (VFL)

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Although he was cleared from Collingwood Football Club to the Collingwood Juniors in July 1904,[9] he was reinstated in the senior team, playing in the last four of the last five home-and-away matches of the 1904 season, and in the 10 September 1904 Semi-Final team that lost to Fitzroy 7.8 (50) to 9.7 (61).

Subiaco (WAFA)

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On 30 May 1906 he was cleared from Collingwood to the Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football Association (WAFA).[10]

Death

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He died at his residence in Carlton, Victoria on 21 May 1944.[11][12]

Notes

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References

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  • Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.), Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5
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