Frank Finn (footballer)

Frank Finn
Personal information
Full name	Frank Albert Austin Finn
Date of birth	(1911-11-18)18 November 1911
Place of birth	Warracknabeal
Date of death	9 May 2010(2010-05-09) (aged 98)
Original team(s)	Ballarat Imperials
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1934	Carlton	4 (0)
1936–37	Footscray	3 (2)
Total		7 (2)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Frank Albert Austin Finn (18 November 1911 – 9 May 2010) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

In two years with Footscray in 1927 and 1938, Finn played three senior matches and kicked two goals. But the highlight of his time at the Western Oval came in the 1936 Reserves Grand Final, when Frank played on a wing and the Bulldogs beat the heavily-favoured Melbourne.

In 1938 he was on the move again, and crossed to Camberwell in the VFA. He became a stalwart in the centre for the Tricolours, and went on to play more than 100 games – although his football career was interrupted in 1942 when he enlisted for active service with the Australian Army in World War II.[2]

Finn later umpired in the VFA and was appointed coach of Noble Park Football Club in 1949.[3]

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. 262. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
2. "World War II Roll: FINN, Francis Albert Austin". Department of Veterans Affairs.
3. "1949 - Finn to coach Noble Park". Trove Newspapers. The Dandenong Journal (Vic). 23 March 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

External links

• Frank Finn's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Frank Finn's profile at Blueseum