Midget Farrelly

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Midget Farrelly
Born Bernard Farrelly
13 September 1944 (1944-09-13) (age 63)
Flag of Australia Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality Australian
Occupation surfer

Bernard "Midget" Farrelly (born 13 September 1944 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a former Australian world surfing champion.

He was the first Australian to win a major surfing title, the 1963 championships in Makaha, Hawaii. The following year he won the inaugural World Surfing Championship.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Carroll, Nick (2000). Midget Farrelly profile. Surfline. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.

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Sporting positions
First World surfing champion
1964
Succeeded by
Felipe Pomar


Persondata
NAME Farrelly, Midget
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Farrelly, Bernard (birth name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION Australian surfer
DATE OF BIRTH 13 September 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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