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Frank Farrell (rugby league)

Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (died 1985)

Born
September 16, 1916
Died
April 23, 1985
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1916

About Frank Farrell (rugby league)

Francis Michael "Bumper" Farrell (16 September 1917 – 23 April 1985) was an Australian premiership winning and international representative rugby league footballer. A prop forward, his long club career with the Newtown Bluebags was from 1938 to 1951 with four Test appearances for the Australian national side between 1946 and 1948. Farrell also served as a policeman in the New South Wales force; where he earned a divisive reputation as a detective in the Vice Squad. == Early life == Farrell was the great-grandson of Irish convict Patrick Farrell, who was transported to Sydney in 1837 for stealing a pig. His father, Sydney-born Reginald Francis Farrell (1889–1983), was a jeweller, while his mother, Scottish-born Margaret Theresa Wynne (1886–1977) was an ironing lady. His parents were married in 1913. Frank, their second child, was born at St. Margaret's Hospital in Surry Hills, an inner suburb of Sydney. He was brought up in Redfern, Tempe, Arncliffe and Marrickville. Frank was educated at Patrician Brothers' school, Redfern and Marist College Kogarah, and remained a committed Roman Catholic throughout his life.

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Career and life highlights

The world when Frank Farrell (rugby league) was born

Frank Farrell (rugby league) was born in 1916. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1916

  • Best-selling book"Seventeen" – Booth Tarkington

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGeorgia Tech defeats Cumberland 222-0, most lopsided football game ever
  • Top headlineBattle of the Somme — 1 million casualties
  • Technology milestoneTanks first used in warfare
  • Notable inventionMilitary tanks
  • World population~1.76B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population99.6M

1916 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Frank Farrell (rugby league)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19162026
Population99.6M341 million

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