Frank Deayton

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Frank Deayton
Personal information
Full name Frank Deayton
Date of birth(1921-06-02)2 June 1921
Date of death 17 October 2004(2004-10-17) (aged 83)
Original team(s) Oakleigh
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1942–43 Melbourne 17 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1943.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Frank Deayton (2 June 1921 – 17 October 2004) [1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2]

Australian rules football Contact sport invented in Melbourne

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

Melbourne Football Club Australian rules football club

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The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Frank Deayton - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 209. ISBN   978-1-921496-00-4.
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