Doug Farrant

Last updated

Doug Farrant
Personal information
Full name Douglas Ian Farrant
Date of birth (1949-04-02) 2 April 1949 (age 72)
Original team(s) Cohuna
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 91 kg (201 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1968–1973 North Melbourne 70 (110)
1974–1979 Perth 119 (181)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1979.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Douglas Ian Farrant (born 2 April 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Perth in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL).

Farrant, a Cohuna recruit, was the full-forward in North Melbourne's 1967 reserves premiership. He topped North Melbourne's goal-kicking in 1968 with 35 goals. [1] His brother, Gary Farrant, finished second. [2]

He was traded to Perth at the end of the 1973 VFL season, one of four players who headed west so that North Melbourne could secure Barry Cable. Just as he had done for North Melbourne, Farrant was the leading goal-kicker at Perth in his first season, with 55 goals. He was a member of Perth's 1976 and 1977 premiership sides. [3]

Related Research Articles

Barry Davis is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with Essendon and North Melbourne, before coaching his original team between 1978 and 1980.

Ron Alexander AM is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and West Australian Football League (WAFL) as well as being the inaugural coach of the West Coast Eagles.

Douglas Graeme Wade is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Barry Thomas Cable MBE is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. Considered one of the greatest rovers in the sport's history, he played over 400 games at senior level in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) and the Victorian Football League (VFL), and later coached in both competitions.

The 1981 Victorian Football League season was the 85th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.

The 1972 Victorian Football League season was the 76th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.

The 1973 Victorian Football League season was the 77th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.

The 1974 Victorian Football League season was the 78th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.

Alan Anthony Johnson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He played five state of origin games for Western Australia.

Gary Farrant is a former Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne Football Club and was a regular defender during the late 1960s until 1971.

Bill Adams (Australian footballer) Australian footballer

William John Adams was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) before becoming coach of South Melbourne. He also went by his nickname of "Bull" during his career.

The 1975 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the North Melbourne Football Club and the Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1975. It was the 79th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1975 VFL season. The match, attended 110,551 spectators, was won by North Melbourne by a margin of 55 points, marking that club's first premiership victory. In doing so, it became the last of the 12 VFL teams to win a flag. The last time North had won a flag prior to that was back in 1918 when they were part of the Victorian Football Association.

Brad R. Smith is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1970s. He also had a long career in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL) where he played for East Perth and coached East Fremantle.

Jack Cashman

John Joseph William Cashman was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL), West Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and Yarraville in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).

Harry Morgan (footballer)

Henry Douglas "Harry" Morgan was an Australian rules footballer who played senior football in three different Australian states.


Josh Smith is an Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the AFL between 2008 and 2010.

Douglas Oliphant was an Australian rules footballer who played with Perth in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

The 1972 VFL season was the 76th season in the Victorian Football League to be contested by the Carlton Football Club.

The 1992 Victorian Football Association season was the 111th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Sandringham Football Club, after it defeated Williamstown in the Grand Final on 20 September by 44 points; it was Sandringham's fourth top-division premiership.

Richard Michalczyk is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and East Perth in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL).

References

  1. ↑ AFL Tables: Doug Farrant
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN   978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. ↑ "Doug Farrant - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.