Frank Jenkins

For the hockey player, see Frank Maurice Stinson Jenkins.
Frank Jenkins
Personal information
Birth 11 August 1918(1918-08-11)
Death 23 May 1987(1987-05-23) (aged 68),
Playing career¹
Team(s)

South Fremantle 1937–41, 1945–49

150 games[1]
¹ Statistics to end of 1949 season
Career highlights

Frank William Thomas 'Scranno' Jenkins (11 August 1918 – 23 May 1987) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Fremantle in the WANFL. He is a member of the Fremantle Team of Legends.

Jenkins played 150 games for South Fremantle, often at centre half back, and had his career interrupted by the Second World War. He played his best football before the war, winning the Sandover Medal in his debut season in 1937 with a record high 34 votes, which remained a record for 44 years until Stephen Michael polled 37 votes in 1981.[2] He came close to winning back to back Sandover Medals when he finished runner up to Haydn Bunton in 1938 and also won three consecutive best and fairest awards for South Fremantle between 1937 and 1939. After the war South Fremantle became a force and although injuries restricted him, he was named captain in 1946 and played in South's 1947 and 1948 premiership sides.[3] He played in seven interstate matched for Western Australia and won the Simpson Medal in 1947, playing for a combined Western Australian side against Essendon.[4]

He was born in South Fremantle and attended the Fremantle Boys' School. Following his Sandover Medal win, he was approached by three Victorian clubs, St Kilda,[5] Footscray and Geelong to move to the Victorian Football League, but he rejected their offers to remain in Western Australia.[6]

References

  1. ^ Player records
  2. ^ East, Alan (2006). The Sandover Medal Men. Alan East. pp. 103–108. ISBN 0-9775813-0-6. 
  3. ^ Premiership players
  4. ^ "JENKINS AWARDED TROPHY.". The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879–1954) (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia): p. 5. 11 August 1947. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46332350. Retrieved 16 March 2011. 
  5. ^ "FOOTBALL.". The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879–1954) (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia): p. 9. 29 October 1937. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41443861. Retrieved 16 March 2011. 
  6. ^ "FOOTBALL.". The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879–1954) (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia): p. 5. 30 December 1937. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41602973. Retrieved 16 March 2011. 

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