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Frank Nolan (footballer)

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Frank Nolan
Personal information
Full name Frank Nolan
Date of birth (1915-06-10)10 June 1915
Place of birth St Kilda, Victoria
Date of death 31 May 1989(1989-05-31) (aged 73)
Original team(s) Caulfield
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1934 Hawthorn 2 (2)
1937–40 Oakleigh (VFA) 51 (169)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Frank Nolan (10 June 1915 – 31 May 1989) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

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The son of Hugh Nolan (1884–1965),[2] and Elizabeth Mary Nolan (1887–1961), née Brown,[3] Frank Nolan was born at St Kilda, Victoria on 10 June 1915.

He married Edna Mary Clifton (1916–1993) in 1940.

Football

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Caulfield (FDL)

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Nolan kicked 116 goals for the Caulfield Football Club in the Federal District League in 1933.[4]

Hawthorn (VFL)

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Cleared from Caulfield in May 1934,[5] Nolan played two games for the Hawthorn First XVIII in the early part of the 1934 VFL season, scoring a goal in each of his games against Collingwood[6] and Essendon[7] but mostly played for the Second XVIII in his time at Hawthorn in 1934.

Caulfield (FDL)

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He returned to Caulfield in 1935.[8]

Oakleigh (VFA)

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In 1937 he trialled with both Oakleigh[9] and Hawthorn.[10] He was cleared from Hawthorn to Oakleigh in April 1937,[11] and became a key goal scorer for them over the next four seasons.[12]

Military service

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He later served in the Australian Army in Papua New Guinea during World War II.[13]

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.659.
  2. ^ Deaths: Nolan, The Age, (Monday, 8 March 1965), p.16.
  3. ^ Deaths: Nolan, The Age, (Friday, 22 December 1965), p.15.
  4. ^ "1933 – Caulfield's Success". Sporting Globe. 21 October 1933. p. 6. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  5. ^ Permits Granted, The Argus, (Saturday, 5 May 1934), p.18.
  6. ^ "COLLINGWOOD SYSTEM". The Argus. No. 27, 380. Victoria, Australia. 21 May 1934. p. 13.
  7. ^ "HAWTHORN'S THIRD QUARTER". The Argus. No. 27, 386. Victoria, Australia. 28 May 1934. p. 13.
  8. ^ Junior Matches: Federal League: Caulfield 11—18 d. Darling 12—8, The Argus, (Monday, 15 July 1935), p.16.
  9. ^ "Football Starts – First Casualties". Sporting Globe. No. 1535. Victoria, Australia. 20 March 1937. p. 1.
  10. ^ "LEAGUE MEN AS COACHES". The Argus. No. 28, 284. Victoria, Australia. 16 April 1937. p. 17.
  11. ^ Association Permits, The Age, (Thursday, 29 April 1937), p.10.
  12. ^ The VFA Project.
  13. ^ Nominal Roll.

References

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