Roy Farnsworth
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| Full name | Roy Eric Farnsworth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 January 1892 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 June 1957 (aged 65) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Relatives | Bill Farnsworth (brother) Viv Farnsworth (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roy Eric Farnsworth (1892-1957) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s.
Playing career
[edit | edit source]Youngest brother of the famous rugby league footballers: Bill Farnsworth and Viv Farnsworth, Roy Farnsworth was also a noted Half-back with Newtown. Roy enlisted in the Australian Army in World War I in 1915,[2] and although he survived the war he did not play for Newtown again.
In 1919 he turned out for Western Suburbs for a few games, before retiring from the NSWRFL.[3][4]
Death
[edit | edit source]Farnsworth died on 19 June 1957 at Concord, New South Wales.[5]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ AIF Project: World War One Nominal Roll "Roy Eric Farnsworth" https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=94644
- ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald 22 JUN 1957 DEATH NOTICE
Categories:
- 1892 births
- 1957 deaths
- Australian military personnel of World War I
- Australian rugby league players
- New South Wales rugby league team players
- Newtown Jets players
- Rugby league halfbacks
- Rugby league players from Marrickville, New South Wales
- Western Suburbs Magpies players
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian rugby league biography, 1890s birth stubs