Frank 'Bluey' Adams
Frank Adams
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| Personal information |
| Birth |
12 June 1935 (1935-06-12) (age 76) |
| Height and weight |
168 cm / 76 kg |
| Playing career¹ |
| Debut |
1953, Melbourne v.
North Melbourne, at Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Team(s) |
Melbourne (1953–1964)
164 games, 180 goals
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| ¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season |
| Career highlights |
- Melbourne premiership player 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1964
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Frank 'Bluey' Adams (born 12 June 1935) is a former Australian rules football player, who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for the Melbourne Football Club.
His prime positions were in the forward pocket, where he was a regular, damaging goal-kicker, and as a rover and a wing-man, where he was able to use his great pace to advantage in the open spaces of the MCG. He was one of the fortunate few Melbourne players to be part of all six premierships the club gained during its ten 'golden years' from 1955 to 1964.
Adams was a national champion professional sprinter. Adams won the 1957 75 yards/130 yards Gift double at Cobram then a week later won the Lilydale Gift[1](130 yds) before running second in the 1957 Bendigo Thousand (130 yds). After running second in the Maryborough Gift, Adams won the 1958 Ararat Gift off a handicap of 3 yards in 12.3 seconds. He rounded off the year winning the South Melbourne and Canberra Gifts. Adams won the 1959 Australian sprint title before losing the title in 1960 to Terry Clarke. In November 1958, Adams ran a superb time of 43.8 seconds for 400 yards on a wet grass track at South Melbourne,[2] before retiring from athletics at the age of 25.[3]
External links
References
- Mason, Percy (1985). Professional Athletics in Australia. Adelaide: Rigby Publishers pp 113. ISBN 0727020404
| Persondata |
| Name |
Adams, Frank 'Bluey' |
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| Short description |
Australian footballer |
| Date of birth |
12 June 1935 |
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| Date of death |
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