Frank Nolan (footballer)

For the Australian cricketer, see Frank Nolan (cricketer).

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 career^1
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

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

Caulfield (FDL)

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

Hawthorn (VFL)

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)

He returned to Caulfield in 1935.[8]

Oakleigh (VFA)

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

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

Notes

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

• Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
• World War Two Nominal Roll: Private Frank Nolan (VX41702), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
• B883, VX41702: World War Two Service Record: Private Frank Nolan (VX41702), National Archives of Australia.
• World War Two Nominal Roll: Gunner Frank Nolan (VX132061), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
• B883, VX132061: World War Two Service Record: Gunner Frank Nolan (VX132061), National Archives of Australia.

External links

• Frank Nolan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Frank Nolan at AustralianFootball.com
• Frank Nolan, at The VFA Project
• Frank Nolan, at Boyles Football Photos