Frank Neenan

Frank Neenan
Personal information
Full name Francis Edward Neenan
Born (1914-07-30)30 July 1914
Williamstown, Victoria
Died 8 September 1991(1991-09-08) (aged 77)
Newport, Victoria
Original team Williamstown CYMS (CYMSFA)
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1936 North Melbourne 5 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1936.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Francis Edward Neenan (30 July 1914 – 8 September 1991) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Recruited from Williamstown CYMS in the CYMS Football Association,[2] Neenan played 5 games for North Melbourne in 1936 before suffering an injury that kept him from playing in 1937.[3]

Neenan later served in the Volunteer Defence Corps of the Australian Army during World War II.[4]

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. 651. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Williamstown CYMS", Williamstown Advertiser, 2 May 1936, p. 2.
  3. ^ "Only Four Old Players Absent at North Melbourne", The Sun News-Pictorial, 17 March 1937, p. 41.
  4. ^ "World War II Roll: Francis Edward Neenan". Department of Veterans Affairs.