Frank Farrington (rugby league)
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St Peters, New South Wales
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| Full name | Francis James Farrington | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 November 1926 St Peters, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 December 2014 (aged 88) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Francis James Farrington (18 November 1926 – 9 December 2014) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and later a long-serving administrator with the Newtown club in Sydney.
Frank Farrington enlisted in the Australian Army shortly after turning 18 in the last year of WWII. He saw service in occupied Japan and was demobilised in 1947.[1] Farrington was also a professional light-heavy weight boxer and fitness fanatic.
Rugby league career
He took up rugby league after returning from active service. He started with the Newtown Jets in the lower grades in 1951 and made first grade in 1953 after having spent 1952 as captain-coach with Cowra in country New South Wales.[2] He then captain-coached at Narrandera, New South Wales in 1954 and Mackay, Queensland in 1955 before returning to Newtown Jets for four more seasons between 1956 and 1959.
