Frank O'Rourke (Australian rules footballer)

Frank O'Rourke
Frank O'Rourke
Personal information
Full name	Francis Joseph O'Rourke
Date of birth	21 January 1906
Place of birth	Colac, Victoria
Date of death	7 March 1978 (aged 72)
Place of death	Warrnambool, Victoria
Original team(s)	Koroit
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1931–32	Carlton
1933	Fitzroy
1934	Preston (VFA)
1934	Port Melbourne (VFA)
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934.

Francis Joseph O'Rourke (21 January 1906 – 7 March 1978) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

One of the ten children of Joseph Francis O'Rourke (1868-1951), and Maria Mary "Polly" O'Rourke, née Dunne (1867-1933),^[2] Francis Joseph O'Rourke was born in Colac, Victoria on 21 January 1906.

His older brother, Jack O'Rourke, played for St Kilda and Fitzroy.

Notes

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 635. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
^ Deaths: O'Rourke, The Argus, (Tuesday, 21 November 1933), p.1.

External links

Frank O'Rourke at AustralianFootball.com
Frank O'Rourke's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Frank O'Rourke's playing statistics from The VFA Project
Frank O'Rourke's profile at Blueseum

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[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 635. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.

[2] Deaths: O'Rourke, The Argus, (Tuesday, 21 November 1933), p.1.

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Frank O'Rourke (Australian rules footballer)

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