Frank Lamont
Australian rules footballer (1886–1963)
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Francis Carlyle Lamont (9 August 1886 – 22 July 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Ballarat East, Victoria
Heidelberg, Victoria
| Frank Lamont | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Francis Carlyle Lamont | ||
| Born |
9 August 1886 Ballarat East, Victoria | ||
| Died |
22 July 1963 (aged 76) Heidelberg, Victoria | ||
| Original team | South Ballarat (BFL) | ||
| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1911–12 | Fitzroy | 17 (9) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
The son of John James Lamont (-1918),[2][3] and Margaret Ann Lamont (1852-1911), née Carr,[4][5] Francis Carlyle Lamont was born at Ballarat East, Victoria on 9 August 1886.
He married Sarah Amelia McDiarmid (1888-1972) in 1908.
Football
South Ballarat (BFL)
Playing for South Ballarat Football Club in the Ballarat Football League, he was selected in a combined Ballarat League team in June 1910.[6]
Fitzroy (VFL)
Cleared from South Ballarat, he made his debut, as one of the seven new players for Fitzroy — i.e., Ernie Everett, Jack Furness, Cliff Hutton, Frank Lamont, Tom Moloughney, Danny Murphy, and Eric Watson[7] — against Melbourne on 29 April 1911: "The maroons have a star in Lamont, the boy from South Ballarat, playing winning [foot]ball throughout" (Melbourne Punch, 4 May 1911).[8]
South Ballarat (BFL)
On 5 June 1912, having played in the season's first two matches, he was cleared from Fitzroy back to South Ballarat.[9] In 1915 he was the team's vice-captain.[10][11]
Military service
He enlisted in the First AIF on 5 July 1915.[12]
He left Australia on 23 November 1915 on HMAT Ceramic (A40),[13] served overseas with the 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion, and returned to Australia on the SS Armagh which left Plymouth on 5 April 1919 and arrived in Melbourne on 18 May 1919.[14]
He was discharged on 27 July 1919.
Death
He died at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital on 22 July 1963.[15]
