Roy Farnsworth
Australian rugby league footballer
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Roy Eric Farnsworth (1892-1957) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s.
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| Full name | Roy Eric Farnsworth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 January 1892 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 June 1957 (aged 65) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Relatives | Bill Farnsworth (brother) Viv Farnsworth (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career
Youngest brother of the famous rugby league footballers: Bill Farnsworth and Viv Farnsworth, Roy Farnsworth was also a noted Half-back with Newtown. Roy enlisted in the Australian Army in World War I in 1915,[2] and although he survived the war he did not play for Newtown again.
In 1919 he turned out for Western Suburbs for a few games, before retiring from the NSWRFL.[3][4]
Death
Farnsworth died on 19 June 1957 at Concord, New South Wales.[5]
