Roy Farnsworth
Roy Eric Farnsworth (1892-1957) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s.
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Full name | Roy Eric Farnsworth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia | 5 January 1892|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 19 June 1957 65) Concord, New South Wales, Australia | (aged|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
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
Farnsworth died on 19 June 1957 at Concord, New South Wales.[5]
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References
- "Roy Farnsworth - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- 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. ISBN 1875169571
- "Western Suburbs Magpies First Grade Players". Wests Magpies.
- Sydney Morning Herald 22 JUN 1957 DEATH NOTICE
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