Frank Johnson (footballer, born 1936)

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Frank Johnson
Personal information
Full name Frank Edward Johnson
Nickname(s) Rooster
Date of birth(1936-11-01)1 November 1936
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1957, 1961–63 South Fremantle 51 (80)
1964 Footscray 6 (4)
1965 Fitzroy 3 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Frank Johnson (born 1 November 1936) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1] Before moving to Victoria he played for several seasons with South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

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Western Bulldogs Australian rules football club

The Western Bulldogs is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Founded in 1877 in Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, the club won nine premierships in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) before gaining entry to the Victorian Football League in 1925. The club has won two VFL/AFL premierships, in 1954 and 2016, and was runner up in 1961.

Fitzroy Football Club Australian rules football club

The Fitzroy Football Club, nicknamed the Lions or the Roys, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner-Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897. The club experienced some early success in the league and was the first club to win a VFL Grand Final. It also achieved a total of eight VFL premierships between 1898 and 1944, and more recently three VAFA promotions in 2009, 2012 and 2018.

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 447. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.
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